Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Breathe

Breathe
Laura Criscio
Acrylic on canvas board

Today looks like yesterday
And pretty much like tomorrow
Overflowing with pain and hate
Filled with regret and sorrow

No resolution in sight
Self love and unforgiving souls
Block the way to hope
Apathy is too happy to play all our roles

This can't be the only way to live
Just can't see another way to breathe

The Fear infects all our lives
Blinds us to each other's redemption
What if this or what if that
The signs along the road to perdition

This can't be the only way to live
Just can't see another way to breathe

What if I said to you
'There's a way out of this cesspool,
It isn't very far away
What if I promised you
a warm forgiving tomorrow
shorn of hate and anger

The secret simply is
Breathe a little love
Give a little more
And think of forgiveness
in your life, oh life
in our lives

Revenge is our only currency
It's got the highest rate of interest
But there are no returns
Save enough to get your free tempest

See your bags all packed
Shirts of anger, slacks of regret
Storm out and slam the door
Pain's picture in your back pocket

This can't be the only way to live
Just can't see another way to breathe

What if I said to you
'There's a way out of this cesspool,
It isn't very far away
What if I promised you
a warm forgiving tomorrow
shorn of hate and anger

The secret simply is
Breathe a little love
Give a little more
And think of forgiveness
in your life, oh life
in our lives

1 comment:

the Anomaly said...

Hey, beautiful one Daef! Meep on!
By the way, when I woke up this morning I thought it was Monday 28 May. Now that I'm back from a meeting and logged on, I see that your posting says Tues 29 May. For a moment there I thought I lost a day from my clients' office to my office. Then I read your first lines:
"Today looks like yesterday
And pretty much like tomorrow ..."

Aaah... je comprends, mon ami...hence the date is tomorrow's ..very de clever one Daef...