Not the Only One, Look Up at the Stars, Strangers, Is it Love?, Why Did You Have to Leave?
Not the Only One
I’m not the only one to look up at the sky,
to watch the sun turn into stars
I’m not the only one to wonder why,
to ask questions, answered with a sigh
I’m not the only one to dream at night,
to wake up in an uncontrolled cry
I’m not the only one to change my mind
to believe that’s all - there’s not more to find
I’m not the only one to feel this way
to lose all hope and give in to despair
I’m not the only one to love someone
to risk letting them break my heart
-June 7/97


Look Up at the Stars
Look up at the stars
You’ll escape from life
You’ll find peace in the dark
As you stare up at the sky

Don’t think or try to reason
Just relax, go with the flow
Just imagine a candle
That never ceases to glow

Forget your troubles
Block them from your mind
Block the bittersweet memories
Keep them from coming back
-June 15/97


Strangers
I wonder what strangers think
After their first glance at me
Do they pass by without a thought
Or do they know that that’s not all
That there’s something locked inside
Things that are waiting to get out
What am I like at a first glance?
Am I me, just in a different sense?
I nod and smile, so polite
Yet there’s rage and anger insdide
Do they see past the outer mask
Because they never stop to ask
They must pass by after all
Without giving me a second thought
All the strangers on the streets
So close to me, it always seems
Yet we pass by each other in a hurried rush
Not stopping to think, much less to talk
Are we all the same deep down inside
Or just an excuse so we can hide
All of our troubles out of sight
Burying them deeper day by day
And never letting them bring back the pain
-June 17/97


Is it Love?
That thing I’m feeling, is it love?
Or merely simple, old-fashioned lust?
I can’t decide on what I feel
I can’t decide if it’s for real
I have to see you one more time
But that’s what I said the last two times
I screwed it up and it’s all my fault
Or was it the girl that made me walk?
It wasn’t he right time or place
And I didn’t know just what to say
So I left you in the past
And now I wish I could go back
To clear up my tangled thouights
And make sure that it’s all gone
But if I see you, lookin’ so fine
What if the feelings will all come back?
-June 21/97


Why Did You Have To Leave?
You walked out of my life
as fast as you came,
your comforting presence
will no longer be there

I close my tear-filled eyes
and pray to the Lord
that when I wake up in the morning
you will be here to hold

You were my inspiration,
my reason to live
I can’t get over your loss
why did you have to leave?

Do you think of me
during warm July nights?
Do you wish to see me
just one more single time?

I know you have forgotten
the memories we shared,
how could I have thought
that you actually cared?

This is the end
I have to stop trying
But why is this so hard?
Why can’t I stop crying?
-June 21/97, dedicated to JK

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