Always Together, Friends Forever The people we meet passing by Bustling about with hurry and worry They mean little to us We mean little to them But each person has their purpose Each person has their story When we listen to these stories When we pay attention to this purpose That is how our friendships are formed They mean more to us We mean more to them We grow together, laughing and crying Never ceasing to amaze We grow together in good and bad As the bond strengthens, the feelings follow They mean the world to us We mean the world to them They’re here forever They will never let us down Who are those people Bustling around with hurry and worry Do they have a purpose? Do they have a story? The next time you’re around Take a second and see Make your friends Mean little to them Mean more to them Mean the world to them The friends we make are here to stay Always together, friends forever

Torrent Happiness and sadness Joy and grief Anger and regret Swirling in a vortex Like a hive of buzzing bees A torrent of crashing waves Dragging you deeper, deeper Up and down, a rollercoaster High in the sky, crashing to the ground Is it really all worth it? We act as we should Fake smile, fake “doing quite well” Sometimes it’s easier, sometimes you want to scream All the thoughts inside, unable to escape No one to help, no one to save you The torrent pulls on you Dragging you deeper, deeper The high points are glorious They emanate a sense of peace The pull away from the torrent You have a hope of escape Lifted up, higher and higher But the temporal status is obvious The torrent rages below Your fingerhold growing smaller And then you fall Falling at inhuman speeds Crashing into the torrent below It engulfs your being It takes control Back to no hope, no escape Nothing but emptiness Seemingly only one way out But as you approach the gates of death A ray of light shines through A hand reaching out, a loving aura You’re pulled out of the torrent Back on wings of glory The one who saved you never understands They don’t get what they mean There’s no way to show it They controlled the torrent They cared for you In a torrent of turmoil A torrent of love shone through Pick your torrent, follow the light

Midnight And The Blade Twelve on the clock Both hands sticking high The darkness engulfs Little to be seen around Confusion sets in Disoriented, dizzy Stuck in the middle Three choices The dove, lion, and blade All drawing near Nowhere to hide Emotions rage like a storm Flying around the heart The dove coos on your shoulder Dragging you to sleep It whispers in your ear It caresses you with wings It is your peace The lion roars in your face It tosses you around The claws ripping against flesh It is your anger It is a betrayal The blade is the last Where the dove and lion clash The peace you can feel The claws that can rip It creates peace It promotes anger But the blade is a foe As friendly as it seems The blade wants to hurt It ruins your peace It betrays yourself At midnight with the dark Three choices cross paths The dove with it's peace The lion with it's claws And the blade, the secret foe Put it down, follow the dove Listen to the lion Learn from your mistakes As the clock strikes one The nightmare is done