Tell Me

Tell me who you want to be
Secrets people never see
In the forefront of your mind
Leave your fearfulness behind.


Tell me what I ever do
That would make me good for you
Is it beauty, is it grace,
Is it deeper than my face?


Tell me when you need to cry
Don't despair and don't deny
If you have a broken heart
Do not hide and fall apart.


Tell me where and how you are
For it is too long and far 
In the distance of the night
For the end to be in sight.


Tell me why you never came
But I love you just the same
Will you promise to be true?
If you tell me, I'll tell you. 

Rain

Oh, the beautiful sound of the rain
Though it sounds so simple and plain
God sprinkles His love down from Heaven above
Oh the beautiful sound of the rain.


It waters the earth so dry
So that people and plants will not die
God gives us life and keeps us from strife
It waters the earth so dry.


It cleanses us thoroughly and whole
And it seems to freshen our soul
God sent His Son, new life has begun
And it cleanses us thoroughly and whole.


(written Jan. 8, 2005)

End

 We'll soar over mountains and valleys

Remember the things that we've done

Say it's okay

When we go away

And cherish the treasures we won

But those things will matter no longer

Because you will see me no more

The end of the fight

Just didn't seem right

As you shamelessly bolted the door

Battered and broken we stumbled

Along the dark, windowless way

You said you'd be true

And I trusted you

To help me go on for the day

Remember the times when we triumphed

Imagine that we won the war

Tell me you'll be

Returning for me

And things will be just as before

Too many times I thought you left me

That's when I felt lost and alone

But you came again

And I felt safe when

You proudly declared me your own

And sometimes the silence is soothing

A balm to relieve wounded heart

If you start to speak 

Then I will feel weak

Because we are so long apart

So this is the end of our troubles

This is the end of the world

For now is too late

And it could not wait

While the mists of time silently swirled.