-INNOCENCE-
By: Lance HaunRogue

Mine is the fire, that transcends time...
I tell of the wind, and the passion inside-
I bleed for the answers, that open your soul...
The questions, the riddles, the fear of unknown-

Alone is the quiet, of places born pure...
The rape of the will, and the heart of rapture-
A pill on the tongue, is this life that dissolves...
A longing for pleasure, this obsession to all-

The bliss of a lover, who's gaze you may hold...
The love of a child, who's life you might mold-
The tear in the eye, at the end of one's life...
A place in the heart, for a dream to reside-

The crashing of words, like the waves on the shore...
The bitter-sweet lies, that you told me before-
The stabbing of daggers, like teeth to my soul...
The longing for wonder, I no longer know-

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-BROKEN THINGS-
By: Lance HaunRogue

In this world of broken things...
Promises that are not what they once seemed...
Desperation in the swimming...
Against an uphill stream...

Applying pressure to the wounds that bleed...
Crying ourselves too many nights to sleep...
I have my thoughts on each of these...
I have opinions and a list of dreams...

I want much better for my child than this...
I want him to know his Father's kiss...
I want a steadfast world to bend...
For him I want these broken things to mend...

I want laughter in the summer's sun...
I want fields of green for him to run...
I want a hand to take when I am old...
I want a friend who sees me fair and bold...

No monsters lurking in his shadow...
No nightmares that make dreaming go...
No need to learn of doubt and woe...
No threats or shame from friend or foe...

A kind and gentle, loving way...
I see this in his eyes today...
God damn who ever takes this away...
Myself included, Lord I pray...

Give strength to him I never had...
Give an optimistic view of all that's bad...
Give him chances, to right his wrongs...
Give him time to change each path he's on...

Let him always know his Mother's love...
Let him know and seek you Lord above... 
Let him be and do all he seeks enough...
Let him give himself to a woman's touch...

For in return, I can see his heart...
And Lord he is so good, so true and smart...
The world could use more men like these...
To help you mend... These broken things...

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-BEYOND-
By: Lance HaunRogue

Pale skin of gray, as death awaits; such weak and brittle bones...
Lifeless eyes, that stare on by, and gaze to realms unknown...
Gone from this world, to far beyond the distance of the mind...
Free at last, from mortal grasp, and all that's left behind...

Into this light I stare, with a longing I could breathe...
Terrified, confused and blind, I find I'm too attached to leave...
I stand frozen, paralyzed, without the means to move away...
For this step that lies ahead, is one of courage and of faith...

There is a path beyond our own, a tomorrow we must find...
There is a choice we make each day, and a road to chose in time...
There is a dream that's to be dreamed, at the end of every path...
And there is a means to reach tomorrow, from the safety of the past...

Pale lungs of gray, awaiting breath, beneath such tiny bones...
Sightless eyes, that squint to light, this world is new and so unknown...
Gone from the womb, into the cold, to trust in love, and bond...
A breath, a grasp, belong at last... Embrace the path beyond...

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