Better Days

And you asked me what I want this year
and I try to make this kind and clear
just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
'cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
and designer love and empty things
just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words and sing out loud
'cause everyone is forgiven now
'cause tonight's the night the world begins again

I need some place simple where we could live
and something only you can give
and that's faith and trust and peace while we're alive
and the one poor child who saved this world
and there's ten million more who probably could
if we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words and sing out loud
'cause everyone is forgiven now

'cause tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight
and somehow stop this endless fight
just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words and sing out loud
'cause everyone is forgiven now
'cause tonight's the night the world begins again

'cause tonight's the night the world begins again

-Goo Goo Dolls

Heart's Vision

Christ, my Brother, please take my pain

Shoulder my burden, ease my shame

Wipe my tears, my strength please raise

Joy to me bring, my soul will you save

My heart it needs lightening, my eyes, they need brightening

My conviction needs fight, to stand for what’s right

Take my hatred for others, my anger and sorrow

Desire for revenge, today and tomorrow

An unrighteous desire for another’s demise

That is not my true nature, above it I’ll rise

Dark clouds please lift, frown lines decrease

Remove from my brow, the stress lines there now

Help me to find, the strength to be kind

And to gently let go, what I cannot control

I long to move forward, the past to forget

Show me the pathway, please keep it lit

I’m trying to follow the things that I know

Soul destroyers and evil, of that I’ll let go

I thought some were placed in my life as an aid

And maybe they were, but their path has strayed

When we judge and betray, it works like a mirror

Reflections will show us, I hope we will hear

For what we invest, will have a return

And with our regret, an anguish shall burn

So Christ, let me learn, never to judge

And from my heart’s vision, never to budge

To spread love and joy and to help everyone

And may my good journey, never be done

Grant me dear Lord, the patience I’ll need

To get through this life of sadness and greed

To see silver linings you’ve place in my way

The love that is shining in faces each day

And for those you have sent, who have pure intent

Who love me for me, and not just for them

If you ask me, I’ll give everything that I am

Everything you have given me, I don’t give a damn

‘Bout the things of this world, love’s in a whirl

Nothing means anything, but love to this girl

As for thy sacrifice, this I need dearly

My own sins, I know them, I see them quite clearly

Grant me much kindness, to myself and to others

I humbly request this from You, my dear Brother

Please pass these things on to our Father above

And send me the answers, wrapped gently in love

♥

-Liz

5/10/11

Fix You

When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try, to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try, to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones

And I will try, to fix you

-Coldplay

Glittering Coin

Money makes the world go round

Glittering, glitzy piles of gold

And people trade their souls for such

Morality, loyalty, families are sold

For some, true happiness comes from riches

Their lives are lived for pride and show

While other lives spent digging ditches

In high society, considered low

A life of luxury, leisure and such

Is spent considering only one

Life lived for others, service given

Will help to benefit everyone

I’ve had money and I’ve not

How being humble awakens the soul

Constant struggle, to be giving

Keeps one’s mind and spirit full

Oh, how can we be satisfied

To live a life of selfish pleasures

When all around us, suffering

Is manifested by our brothers

It’s painful to the ones who lose

Their hard work stolen by another

To remain true and keep the faith

Is not to aspire above another

When we are wronged and slandered too

We long to seek revenge for woes

But quiet tongues and steady lives

These are riches too, you know

To some, the coin is all they see

To others, hard work, truth and light

Examine what we choose to treasure

Each has his sense of wrong and right

And in the end, we all will know

Which way we were supposed to go

Do you want to represent

What’s above or what’s below

-Liz

5/4/11

Silently a Flower Blooms

Silently a flower blooms,
In silence it falls away;
Yet here now, at this moment, at this place,
The world of the flower, the whole of the world is blooming.
This is the talk of the flower, the truth of the blossom;
The glory of eternal life is fully shining here.
~ Zenkei Shibayama

Wisdom

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich."

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

 

— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

Death of Evil

 

Oh Evil man, how sad it is

Your death is highly celebrated

How much better would it have been

If Peace and Love, you'd generated

A death should never cause me joy

So sorry to have felt this way

But I cannot rejoice an end

Or pass a judgment, come what may

Pain is caused and this I know

We cannot ever comprehend

Life’s not fair, tis’ full of woe

Some must suffer, losing friends

One life begins, a breath is taken

Joy and hope the babe will bring

One life is ended, breathes no longer

Causing crowds to rise and sing

One life taken, by commandment

Saved a nation to be lost

One Life given, Sacrificed

Saved all souls, at great cost

Why, oh why must some choose evil,

Causing doubt and pain and fear

Why must evil fight so strongly,

When choosing good, to hearts is dear

Dead man walking, who can judge

Although it hurts, what man will do

Judgment comes from up above

A death of one cannot undo

Backlash will come, watch our backs

Evil always seeks revenge

The truly good avoid attacks

And wait for Fate, which will avenge

There is no justice to repay

The loss of innocent lives once given

There are no words one can say

Except for hope of a heaven

Evil will come, evil will go

'Til all is said and done and then

Despite suffering, this I know

Goodness will win, in the end

The death of Evil, what I wish

So man can live in harmony

Naïve I might be, called as such

Naïve I hope to always be

-Liz

5/1/11