Is it really worth it?

They raise your hopes,
They boost you up.
Then take away your lifeboat
Keeping your spirits up.
They give you a place,
Then change it and leave you
There to wonder and cry.
You're left all alone,
With just your thoughts
And feelings confusing you.
What you've been busting your butt working for
Has just been taken out from under you,
And you wonder if it's really worth all this.
Then you try to impress,
And are left with even more stress.
You turn to God,
Who tries to help,
But gave you free will.
So you have to use that will
And overpower mind over matter.
Get on with your life,
Because it's not worth it to dwell on this.
After all, we only have so much time,
So why not spend it wisely?

I wish I'd asked...

(written by me, ARH, on February 11, 2009)

Answer Me This (Had You Known)

I'd asked you what was wrong;
You just ignored me.
It seemed you had moved on,
This time without me.
I walked away and since then
I've not yet come back.
Answer me this, and I'll see what I'm leaving back.
Had you kown
That you'd been drivin'
Me off a cliff?
Had you known it's
Been a while since I've felt this?
Had I known
Had I known
I did this because
You were my gift.
We used to laugh,
We used to cry,
But always done together.
Now things've changed,
But probably not for the better.
I'm still crying,
But this time by myself.
Hopin' I'll wake up,
And find it's just a dream.
Now tell me, baby,
These few things...
Answer me this, and I'll see what I'm leaving back.
Had you kown
That you'd been drivin'
Me off a cliff?
Had you known it's
Been a while since I've felt this?
Had I known
Had I known
I did this because
You were my gift.

They leave, we forget; they return, we remember

(written by me, ARH, on July 17, 2008)


Familiar Face

Summer may be coming to a close;
School's about to start.
But our friendship stays strong through it all.
Most everything's new,
Just not you.
You're the familiar face,
You know your place,
But you could care less
What the others think.
You're independent, and creative,
Is that maybe why I find you attractive?
Everything's a blur now,
But I remember you
I remember you,
Never to leave my mind.
You were there through it all,
You were there through it all.
You know me through and through,
There's nothing you don't know.
Cuz you're that familiar face,
The one who gives me space...
And makes my heart race.