Red Sign

Here is a fresh song that I'm actually still working on. Just the lyrics. It's incomplete and still needs work, but I thought I'd share it anyway. Maybe next time you hear of it I will be singing it:)

Red Sign

Laughing about nothing and everything,
Ringing in my ears just the same.
Another moment, another fall.
Another risk to lose it all.
Pretending to be sound asleep,
Oh, just lay here beside me and dream.
And life stands still for just a while,
For just my need to see your smile.

It's the clarity of the time,
It's the lights that pass us by,
It's a picture in my locket,
It's a red sign but we can't stop it.
A red sign and we won't stop.

A two man show is better than one,
At least that's what they say.
I recall the starlight burning on,
Then I watched us fade away.
Another moment, empty page,
And dust settles every year.
We'll live and die with the choices we've made.
Every one that brought us here.

Human emotion,
Darling what a commotion.
We make messes we can't clean up now.
It's scattered ashes,
And used up matches,
Scrambling for a life we can't get back...somehow.

Hello all my loves! Don't forget to SHINE!

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Another Day...(A Tribute)

I wanted to start of saying that yes, it has been a couple of weeks since the tragedy in Connecticut, but two weeks, two years, or twenty years doesn't matter to a mourning parent. While the rest of the world goes on with their lives, 26 lives, and the lives of the parents and family may as well be over. As a parent of a 4 and 5 year old I couldn't and wouldn't want to imagine the pain of my two most precious treaures being ripped from me in a moment. So this is to the twenty children that I never knew. Twenty children that I cried over like they were my own. Twenty children who taught a complete stranger to be grateful for all of the things that you do have, especially your children, because no matter how old you are, life is a blessing, a gift, not a gaurentee.

~Another Day~
Packed away with kisses and a letter saying 'I love you,'
Voices echo through the hall while well intended steps pound the stairs.
Another day, nothing new,
Another day, another empty letter.
I still love you.

Mama, you're my hero, you are the best of friends.
I read it in a picture that never leaves my hand.
I fall asleep lying on your bed,
Your favorite toys reminding me of what everyone else has said.

While the rest of the world forgets my greatest accomplishment,
Hollow eyes and sympathetic smiles wishing us a time well spent,
I recollect the kisses packed away and patter of tiny steps.
Another day, something's changed.
Another moment, I should have saved...you.
Another day, and another unread letter,
I love you.

Mama please, my favorite breakfast before I go to school.
Mama please, let me wear my new dress and favorite pair of shoes.
Daddy please, one more game, I bet I can beat you.
Daddy please, let me help just one more time...just one more time...

Red hair, green eyes,
Blonde hair, blue.
Another set of brown, staring back at you.

While the rest ofd the world forgets my greatest accomplishment.
Small fingers I'll never touch again.
A little something heaven sent.
Your teddy bear smells just...like...you...

And another day, I can't pretend or fake a smile.
'Cause it was another day, but everything has changed.
Another day, I should have kept...you
Another day, another unread letter...
Everything has changed.

*All my love to all of the beautiful children and the parents who brought their beauty into this world. Thank you.*

Dreamcatcher

So it's been day 5 stuck in the house because of the snow. We kind of live in the middle of nowhere surrounded by trees, so there are really no plows that make it this way. We had 14 inches the other day and another 5 last night. The driveway is long...I mean like...really long, but despite all that my husband had decided the best bet is to try to shovel the snow out of the drive:)
He worked all day yesterday outside shoveling. The irony? It dumps another 5 inches last night. HA! Now he is silently lying on the bed giong crazy! I can't help but laugh at him though. So with all that being said, because of it being day 5 in the house, I have been doing a lot of reading and a lot of writing. Here is something new just for fun from Iris' view. Enjoy!

~Dreamcatcher~
Desperation, fighting air,
Pleading, deapening, empty there.
Hands fumble and find your face,
Reaching, endless into space.
Ice cold frost on your lips,
I shudder deep, involuntary twist.
Ally dark, deep, never knowing,
Puddle warm, red, and ever flowing.
Adrenaline unleashed, hysteria raised,
Foggy, unclear, like a tripped up maze.
Hair entangled, my shirt is wet,
The future is mangled,
By an imaginary bet.
Indecipherable, my memory can't understand,
It should serve me correctly,
for my unfair hand.
It's like a puzzle,
That was never meant to be finished,
Your hope is half hearted,
Then is fully diminished.
Moonbeam streams through my fingertips,
and then glimmers in your hair,
Mist floating on your pale skin,
Fresh, bare.
Flashes of a rope swinging from a tree,
Flashes of a rope beckoning me.
Exposed and raw,
New moments with you,
My hands fumble again,
With everything that you do.
Blonde hair, blue eyes,
Blonde hair, green,
A Rose smelling sweet,
And as untamed as me.
Awaking my eyes,
Igniting the spark,
With embers and fire,
In a dreamcatchers heart <3

Fire and Ice

It's cold outside,
Ice and snow,
Picturesque sky,
With nowhere to go.

Down by the creek,
Frozen and chilled,
Animal tracks,
Perfectly skilled.

Layered in white,
Branches bend at their will,
Screams of birds,
Wide eyed and still.

No sign of life,
Standing in one moment,
I hold it tight,
And silently own it.

Peeking for green,
None to be found,
Only a blank sheet,
Spotted with brown.

Fire can melt ice,
Like the fire in your eyes,
But fire only burns with desire,
And extinguishes with good-bye.

Surrounded by wood,
A foot of snow,
The fire is dust,
Covered below.

"Cassie" Cover

This has always been one of my favorites by Flyleaf. This is my cover to "Cassie." If you haven't heard this band, check them out. It's rare that a group of people can be so beautifully, and musically talented! I apologize if you can't hear the guitar well. I couldn't but I don't know if it was just my computer:)

A New Journey

I apologize for not updating lately. I know excuses are excuses but as for mine at first it was holidays that busied me and then I have recently been ill. I am recovering though and look forward to more chats and updates with my readers.
I am excited to say that Cressen Books Publishing and I have teamed up and I have been lucky enough for them to add me into their circle of writers and friends. I have hopeful aspects for this journey and can predict a promising 2013. More updates will be made in the future about my work, but as for Cressen Books themselves please check out their website linked to my blog. They are a group of very kind and talented people and they have a selection of books on their site that you may be interested in while you wait on me! Please also like their facebook page! The more the better and it would be a great favor to me as well.
I will have more updates, errant thoughts, poems, and songs in the near future and actually have another performance at the Muddy Boots Cafe' on December 19th from 6-8 p.m for anyone who will be in the Nashville area.
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