Let Mercury be marbled
Let Venus be virtued
Let Earth be your emerald
And brighten all that is you
Let Mars be your moon
Let Jupiter be your jewel
Let Saturn come a little soon
Or it would be too cruel
Let Uranus be our unity
Let Neptune bring something new
You can, then, have all of me
And I will have all of you
I will write a love song
Though I don’t believe in love anymore
I will sing a love song
Just like I used to before
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I believed love was sufficient
Can surpass any wall
Enough to live and die for
And that would be all
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Thought love was the greatest feeling
Absolutely pure and divine
And it would come to me eventually
So I could call it mine
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But I was terribly mistaken
Proved bitterly wrong
Must stop watching movies
Must stop listening to songs
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For love doesn’t exist
As she rightly pointed out
Life is about convenience
There isn’t any doubt
…
But there is nothing here
That you need to learn
You just keep believing
Love isn’t meant for everyone
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So I will write a love song
Though I don’t believe in love anymore
I will sing a love song
Just like I used to before
Today, I found an old friend
I had forgotten him over the years
It had been such a long time
Couldn’t hold back the tears
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We grew up together
Went to the same school
Laughed away our childhood
And danced like fools
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We had common interests
And I know that we still do
We write all sorts of rhymes
And he likes football too
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He knows my flaws and fears
And I know his very well
There is no better friend than him
Between heaven and hell
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I felt bad for I had forgotten
How valuable he was to me
My hunting days are over
A friend is what I like to be
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And I promised him that I will remember
To never bid him goodbye
It washes away all my pains
My greatest friend is I
Can I now go back in time?
Change the way these words do rhyme
And then everything will be just fine
I ain’t gonna cry over you
I’ve got better things to do
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There is so much I’d like to say
But I throw those thoughts away
Save these tears for a better day
I ain’t gonna cry over you
I’ve got better things to do
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Now I feel so strong and free
And I know who I wanna be
Time has healed your memory
I ain’t gonna cry over you
I’ve got better things to do
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There is one thing you should know
I won’t be there where you will go
I won’t be there now anymore
I’ve got better things to do
I ain’t gonna cry over you
I don’t know where the road starts
I don’t know where the journey ends
I cannot tell a mile from a metre
In the company of friends
Writing can be so depressing when you’ve got depressing thoughts in your head
All the words flow out on the page and you relive the memories which makes you sad
You go through the hurt and pain again and yearn for the joy you’ve never had
But it isn’t so bad
Writing can be depressing but you just keep writing until you go mad
I am unreal and I don’t feel that I will ever heal
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Guide me through the night
Without an unpleasant thought
Even if it may mean
That my heart be forever lost
Let me rest my head
Upon your tender lap
And forget all my pain
That comes with this trap
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I lay in the arms of fire
And you are pouring oil
My ashes will be lost in the wind
Or mixed with soil
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I am trembling in the cold
You take away my light
I feel so fragile all alone
My bones ache at night
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And I know the truth is a lie
And all that is good is bad
All that is right is wrong
And all the happiness is sad
It barely matters now
How this will turn out to be
I am in the dark
No light to set me free
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I am unreal and I don’t feel that I will ever heal
Restless river, sparkling sea
Tell me what I ought to be
Standing upon the silver sand
Searching for a long lost friend
With the waves crashing at my feet
Just one person I’d like to meet
Bring him back to the shore
And everything will be like before
I shall greet him on his way
Without any further delay
And that moment shall forever last
Without any fear of the past
Rising river, soaring sea
Help me bring a change in me
Sighing upon the silver sand
Help me find a long lost friend
If I was a fire, I would keep you warm
Till you don’t need to rub your arms
And stay with you through the cold night
And drive away your fears with my light
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If I was a breeze on a hot summer day
To you, so carefully I would find my way
Yearning for so long and for so much
I will cool you with my touch
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But I am just a little boy with love to give
And sweet words that have helped me live
And I can only write a poem for you
And hope that you would love me too
Rest your fears upon my shoulders
Of them, I will take care
Hesitation may be older
Than the love that we share
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If your faith in me is shaken
And my words do not sound true
Let my soul and pride be taken
And lay them all unto you
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Raise a fire to take my test
And let me pass through the flames
And if I were to come second best
Go ahead and erase the names
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But do not put me through the test a second time
And have me repeat the pain
I may consider it a crime
My skin won’t take the flames again
Frank Solanki 