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Black Rose


Rainbow colored illusions
full of awkward pain
This darkness consumes me
I am a dead-like stain

The sky is above me
and hell is below
Is God protecting me?
only heaven knows

Take this black rose
drape it over my face
Let the thorns cut me
Let me bleed in my own space

imaginary memories
could it be a figment of my mind?
Do I need to remember?
or should I leave it all behind?

The sky is still above me
and hell still thrives below
Does God really love me?
Only heaven knows

Take th… Continue

Lord I love you
can you hear me pray?
Lord I adore you
In a uniquely special way

Lord can you save me
from myself?
I have no one else
to ask for help

Lord I am lost sometimes
it's hard to find my way
can you take me by the hand
and be my light of day?

Lord can you hear me?
must I shed a tear?
Do I have to look so close
just to know your'e here?

Lord I am faithful
I'll never turn away
I'll always praise you Lord
until my dying day

Can you be my best friend?
can you be my leaning post?
For yo… Continue

Guess My Name
By: Sandra Rains




Though I walk through the valley
of uncertainty
I will not fear the unseen
And though I walk through pain
and misery
I will not become unclean
I have roamed this world for decades
untouched by human hands
I am but a fading memory
full of pain, you can not comprehend
In dark my face looks tattard
worn and abused
In light I am like you
mistreated and used
I am the man that comes by
in the middle of the day
To hand you a book of wisdom
"I'm not interested", you sa… Continue