NO MORE

I just lay in bed last night
And cried until there were no more tears to cry
I figured there was no point
To do much else but that
All these distant memories
Flashing back into my head
The smiles and the trying times
With no one there but me
When I felt like giving up again
Because there was nothing left to be
And I know
That there’s nothing else for me
No more thinking
No more feeling
What I’ve felt

The crooked grins across my face
Just turned upside down
The sun isn’t coming up again
There’s no more me to see
I wish I could go back again
And fix what I have lost
What is gone
What won’t come back
And I think what I am missing
Is the love that I do crave
If it isn’t here by now
Might as well go dig my grave
And I know
That there’s nothing else for me
No more thinking
No more feeling
What I’ve felt

Courtney Roach
March 3, 2004

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PHANTOM LOVE

We finally got inside her head
A feeling that is left unsaid
And I know what we can’t find
It won’t be left behind
As I’m standing by her side
I can tell that she has cried
And her hands won’t wipe those tears
Away from all those endless fears
I can see what haunts her
But it’s hard to tell what flaunts more
What lingers near her in the dark
Is shining frightfully, dangerous and stark
The phantom love that she once had
Won’t pull her down, won’t make her sad.

Courtney Roach
March 25-27, 2004