Hoping to find the...

Answer

What could be the truth behind the lies,

when you hide behind those pain filled eyes.

So much thought goes into feeling,

an endless supply of doubt, searching for the real thing.

An open heart and an open mind,

hoping to discern the truth in the lies that we find.

Oh, what a seemingly empty mind,
wanting to pause or possibly rewind.

When in all actuality there is so much more,

so much that's worth fighting for. 
So much that is real and has no regret in it,
changing how we feel and helping us forget.
So we lift our chins in the face of despair,
in the hope that there,
in the darkness of our mind, we will find,
the Answer 

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LOST

Lost

Gone into the abyss

Oh how could I have missed

What was right in front of my face

 Seemingly out of place 

Oh what decisions my mind makes

Oh what horrid mistakes

That just cannot be erased.

 What am I to do

Now that it is through

Can it be fixed and at what cost

Or am I just hopelessly Lost

*EV

Here's to new beginnings

Begin

       As I keep my head high, marching to the beat of my own drum.

          I know this is right, after all the wrong I've done.

       I move forward and don't look back,

          as I plan out my life and forge a new plan of attack.

       One that leads to something better, something new,

          as I am finding something I never even knew could be true.

       My life is ahead of me now and my past is behind,

          as I reach deep inside myself it is there that I find,

       the answers to my questions, the ones that plagued me so.

          After all these years of not knowing, I finally know.

       I know that I am greater than the sum of my mistakes.

          I know that I'm the one who has what it takes.

       To be who I was destined to be,

          break the chains of my past and finally be free.

       I am free of all my burdens, cleansed of all my sin, ready to take that step,

          and at long last, let my life begin.

#EV