Fiona Burgess

I’m tired, I’m tired of being strong,
When everyone else needs me to be
I’m tired of holding back my dreams
So someone else can be free
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I stand upon a midnight beach
The wind dances round me
Keeping my happiness out of reach
In time to the thundering sea.
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And the dancer danced
She danced her life away
For an audience who wasn’t there
To music no one could hear
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Standing here on the shore of life
A coastline battered by violence and strife
Behind me churns an angry sea
Ahead lies a road unknown, as yet, by me.
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Cry cry the silence
'Set us free
We want to be
Don't leave us to drift
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The dirty city sun glares down on a wind beaten track
The echoing voice of the commentator
Mingles with the sound of traffic, pulsing along the freeway
The air is thick with tension and excitement
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Cold morning, frozen earth
Frost lying like a blanket
The cool breeze cuts like a knife
Through the thick blanket
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For the love of the game
We rise before dawn
Rain, hail, wind and shine
For the sake of the game we greet the morn
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I stare from my open window
At the world below
Tiny people scurrying around
All dressed up with nowhere to go
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This black hole of rotten dreams
Like an open, seeping wound inside
A cesspit of self-destruction
Deeper and deeper, there is no end
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Sitting in another rush hour traffic jam,
Watching the inbound traffic cruising past me and away,
I look at their blank faces
And I wonder, do I look the same?
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There's a special place in heaven
For a heart as good as yours
Someone as wonderful as you are
Recieves only open doors.
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Here in the darkest hours before dawn,
She lies awake and wondering
At the passing of the storm.
Thoughts she left far behind
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Half measures and cracked cups
Upon a feast of souls the devil sups
Laughing gleefully all the while
At the angels pained smile
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Welcome to my kingdom.
I know these walls are high,
They're thick and solid
And cast with iron
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Heaven sent forth her angels of vengeance
On a night when the moon was dark
The air was as still as a grave
And the stars shone bright
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I want to show you how much I care.
I want to share my dreams.
I want to be brave enough to dare,
But I don't know how.
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She felt cast adrift on a tideless ocean
Devoid of life, Bereft of motion
But far, far beneath the diamond-like surface
Swam the moon without emotion.
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Fear comes in small doses
Sometimes smelling like hybrid roses
Lulling you into an indifferent daze
Those malevolent eyes like to gaze
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Her eyes gleam like polished stone
In the fading light of day
Standing poised on the edge of eternity
She releases the chaos from around her.
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