Category: Blue Skies And Pain

My Skin Won’t Take The Flames Again

~ Frank Solanki ~ 34 Comments

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

The Darkest Hour

~ Frank Solanki ~ 27 Comments

The night has covered the skies

In eternal deceptive disguise

The winds blow the leaves afar

Waiting for the darkest hour

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Is there a familiar face

In this cruel and haunted place?

Have I left behind a trace

Of shallowness and disgrace?

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Is there a way out

Of all the confusion and doubt?

Hear me scream and shout

When I don’t know what this is about

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Should I let the dark frighten me?

Should I just let the nightmares be?

It may be hard now for me to see

But I know the light will set me free

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Waiting for the darkest hour

To come and reveal who we are

If the truth has flown too far

I’ll bring it back and let it scar

I Lie Helplessly In My Bed

~ Frank Solanki ~ 33 Comments

The oxygen in my pipes is waning

The veins in my head are overflowing

A rush of blood to my head

I lie helplessly in my bed

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My hands reach out for the phone

My skin can feel my bone

It seems my phone is dead

I lie helplessly in my bed

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The night passes me by as I think of you

There is very little that I can do

The cold sun seems so dead

I lie helplessly in my bed

I Fear Falling In Love Again

~ Frank Solanki ~ 63 Comments

I fear falling in love again

It hurts so bad

Drives me mad

Makes me sad

I fear falling in love again
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I fear falling in love again

Makes me care too much

Makes me think too much

Makes me fear too much

I fear falling in love again
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I fear falling in love again

Tears me apart

When it starts

To break my heart

I fear falling in love again
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I fear falling in love again

But it is all for good

Learnt a lesson before I could

Run away from the truth and should

Fear falling in love again

Forgive Me My Sins

~ Frank Solanki ~ 43 Comments

Forgive me my sins

Deliver me from pain

Make me a better person

That I may not sin again

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Forgive me my sins

Deliver me from lies

Make me a better person

In your eyes

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Forgive me my sins

Deliver me from hatred

Make me a better person

And I shall hold it sacred

Rabbits And Cages Revisited

~ Frank Solanki ~ 38 Comments

O’ men of wisdom, tell me if it’s true

Do wise men fall in love too?

Does love catch them by surprise?

And do they, then, cease to be wise?

The Howling Ghosts Reappear

~ Frank Solanki ~ 13 Comments

The lights fade away by night

The howling ghosts reappear

They are searching for me everywhere

But I have always been right here

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They want to consume me

I do not mind giving in

There is not more evil in them

Than there is within

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And when the feast is delivered

And the beasts are satisfied

I’ll know you could have rescued me

If only I would have cried

Throw Some Light

~ Frank Solanki ~ 32 Comments

Throw some light upon this tale

And then upon my way

Would you help me burn the trail

As I step into the day?

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And then throw some light up yonder

I cannot see too far

Half the night I sit up and wonder

I do not know who you are

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Throw some light in my mind

And let me fall asleep

Let me leave everything behind

I cannot lie awake and weep

I Am Not Your Only Friend

~ Frank Solanki ~ 44 Comments

If you need help, you can count on me

If you’re in trouble, call out to me

But there is one thing you must understand

I am not your only friend

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You’ve got eyes to see and ears to hear

And a brave heart to fight all fears

And hands to write and legs to stand

I am not your only friend

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You may have been down. You may have been beaten

And even love may have been forsaken

There is something special that He has planned

I am not your only friend

I Am Awake Now

~ Frank Solanki ~ 36 Comments

I am awake now

Hoping to hear your voice to ease my troubled mind and set the wars in my head to peace

I lay down

Close my eyes and believe that I may never be the same as I miss you and your every little piece

I don’t understand

If the stars have planned

To get us together somehow

I am awake now

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I am awake now

Are you awake in your bed and thinking as I am and wishing that there would be a light to show us the way

To smoother grounds?

Time cheats us every moment as I pray and hope and sing and watch the night turn into day

Leave the old track

And never look back

Forget everything somehow

I am awake now

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I am awake now

And my heart would never let my soul sleep again with your face in the depths of my mind

Or even allow

The shadow of darkness to linger in my head with the traces of my steps washed and left behind

All your fears

Shall forever disappear

If you believe in my vow

I am awake now