Moonlight Sonata

You float through heather fields

Under the moonlit sky

Dancing with the wind

And praying to the stars

Up so high.

Wet grass and damp dirt

Stain your bare toes

And dragging hem

And remind you of a place called

Home.

"Ode to Joy" plays softly around you

A hush in the breeze

As you open your arms

And accept the lonely night.

You float through heather fields

And nothing can touch you.

Bubbles

He dunked his head under

Finally able to breathe

He took a gulp

Or a breath

And that long lost smile was returned

To it's rightful owner.

Complete.

5 O'Clock News

I cried for the man

Who was killed abroad

In a war that was not his.

I cried for the toddler

Who was found face down

In the family pool.

I cried for the mom

Who was staying clean

In the fight for her children.

I turned off the news

And set the remote down

And walked out of the room.

By Maya Angelou

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear

I rise.

Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls

Another great song

"And I'd give up forever to touch you

'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am"

Again by Flyleaf

One of my favorite songs

"I love the way that your heart breaks

With every injustice and deadly fate
Praying it all be new
And living like it all depends on you

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
And only surrender will help you now
I love you, please see and believe again

I love that you're never satisfied
With face value, wisdom, and happy lies
You take what they say and go back and cry
You're so close to me that you nearly died

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
And only surrender will help you now
I love you, please see and believe again

They don't have to understand you
Be still
Wait and know I understand you
Be still, be still

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
And only surrender will help you now
The floodgates are breaking and pouring out

Here you are down on your knees
Trying to find air to breathe
Right where I want you to be again
I love you, please see and believe again

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
Right where I want you to be again
See and believe"

Snuff by Slipnot

"Bury all your secrets in my skin
Come away with innocence and leave me with my sins
The air around me still feels like a cage
And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again

So if you love me let me go
And run away before I know
My heart is just too dark to care
I can't destroy what isn't there

Deliver me into my fate
If I'm alone I cannot hate
I don't deserve to have you
Ooh, my smile was taken long ago
If I can change I hope I never know

I still press your letters to my lips
And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss
I couldn't face a life without your lights
But all of that was ripped apart when you refused to fight

So save your breath, I will not care
I think I made it very clear
You couldn't hate enough to love
Is that supposed to be enough?

I only wish you weren't my friend
Then I could hurt you in the end
I never claimed to be a saint
Ooh, my own was banished long ago
It took the death of hope to let you go

So break yourself against my stones
And spit your pity in my soul
You never needed any help
You sold me out to save yourself

And I won't listen to your shame
You ran away, you're all the same
Angels lie to keep control
Ooh, my love was punished long ago
If you still care don't ever let me know
If you still care don't ever let me know"

Castle Crags

Yesterday, mom and I hiked up to Castle Crags. It was a 6 mile round-trip trek, but worth it. It was so hot, and so steep, and I'm very proud of us accomplishing this goal of ours. On the way down, we took a side trail to Indian Springs, and drank water that gushed from the rocks. That was very cool too. It was a great day.

This morning when I woke up, I was so very sore.