After A While

[kdreger]

AFTER A WHILE...

 

After a while you learn the subtle difference

between holding a hand and chaining a soul.

 

You learn that love doesn't mean leaning

and company doesn't mean security.

 

You begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts

and presents aren't promises.

 

You begin to accept your defeats

with your head up and your eyes open,

with the grace of an adult,

not the grief of a child.

 

You learn to build all your roads on today

because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans.

 

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns

if you get too much.

 

So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting

for someone to bring you flowers.

 

And you learn that you really can endure...

 

That you really are strong,

 

And you really do have worth.

[crookster_man]

I like, is this your own work?

[kdreger]

No, I like it though.

[michiganmale27]

That is definitely words to live by. Too bad I didn't read that about 3 months ago during my break up.

[bizmark]

I wish giving myself flowers felt as nice as being given them.

[kdreger]

Agreed. If I had done my breakup differently I'd probably still be with her.

 

A learning experience!

[Babes]

Wow that is powerful. The thing is trying to make yourself be strong enough to be able to do that. I dont know if I could do it.

[kittykat]

Thanks for the beautiful words.

 

Just thought i could share with you a song. A song that really describes my feelings right now.

 

its Roy Orbison - in dreams

 

A candy colored clown they call the sandman

tiptoes to my room everynight

just to sprinkle star dust and to whisper

"go to sleep, everything is alright"

 

I close my eyes then i drift away

into the magic night, i softly say

a silent prayer like dreamers do

then i fall asleep to dream my dreams of you

 

in dreams i walk with you

in dreams i talk to you

in dreams you are mine all the time

we're together in dreams, in dreams

 

but just before the dawn

i awake and find you gone

i can't help it, i can't help it, if i cry

i remember you said goodbye

 

too bad it only seems

it only happens in my dreams

only in dreams

in beautiful dreams

 

 

I miss him....

[crookster_man]

If I could say one more thing to my Ex's it would be...

"Don't hate me, Don't regret me, Don't ever forget me. Where ever you go, what ever you do. Don't you ever say I didn't love you..." Stroke 9

[michiganmale27]

If I could say one thing to mine it would be this:

 

Maybe your heart is aching

I wouldn't know, now would I?

Maybe your spirit's breaking up

I shouldn't care, now should I?

Maybe you're thinking of me

Well I don´t know, now do I?

If you only knew how I feel

Wish I could die, now don´t I?

 

I´m just another crazy guy

Playing at love was another high

Just another high

 

Couldn't believe in my eyes

You drifted into my life

But marriages made in heaven

Can they survive in this life?

Surely it came as no surprise

Love was too hot to handle

Well I really blew my cool and you

You just blew out the candle

 

Didn't you just try just another high?

Didn't you sign as you waved goodbye?

Just another high

 

I'm just another crazy guy

Playing at love was another high

Such a crazy high

 

Lately it seems so empty here

But I suppose I'm alright

Maybe tomorrow's not so clear

Still I remember that night

Singing to you like this is

My only way to reach you

Though I´m too proud to say it

Oh how I long too see you

 

Shattered by dreams, by your goodbye

As shattered my goodbye, as filled the sky

Desolate am I

Just another crazy guy

Playing at love was another high

Such a crazy high

 

Maybe I should start anew

And maybe I should find someone who

Will maybe love me like I love you

Maybe I´m too stuck on you

Maybe I got stuck on you

 

~ Just Another High~ Roxy Music