| Original Poetry by Echo |
| I Never Told You Just another day spent sitting at home watching the leaves fall The squirrels scurry about outside, paying no heed to me Of course, why should they? Nothing special here - just me, my dog, and All My Children Yesterday I had two wonderful accomplishments By the power of my own strength my spirits were lifted Strength I hadn't even realized existed I was proud - I was somebody But today there is not so much excitement Just sitting around wondering what I will do with myself tomorrow Thinking about yesterday And worrying about wasting today I think about you a lot lately Then again, I have thought about you every day Since that fateful night your voice met mine And told me that nothing would be the same after you That night you etched your name in its own place In my heart That night the world changed forever And I was lost in your strange new universe You didn't know that, did you? You wouldn't I never told you I never told you a lot of things I never told you how much I admired you And wished over and over that I could be more like you Or how I longed to wipe away the tears That you would never show me We didn't know each other at all really Despite the hours we spent Talking about tomorrow And complaining about today Somehow though you could never hide your pain from me No matter how hard you tried I felt your hurt as my own I cried your tears and reveled in your glory Indeed, our worlds have changed drastically since then We have not seen each other in a long time And the time when we will meet again is not near Will you remember me? Did you see through my charade as well as I saw you? Did we play the same game of solitaire? True, I'm not the person I once was But the change you made I know will not change for me I guess it doesn't matter now anyway For now I will just sit here with my dog And you will go on doing whatever it is you do With or without me Sometimes I wonder what our lives would be like If we had thrown away our games and facades Passed the barrier of laughter in the face of the fear of fear And told each other we cared... Interesting concept, huh? � 1990 EchoMusic |
| The Shadow Strange how I can look back upon the early days of my life Remember the laughter, the love, the warmth... And then shudder Because I must remember the cold Where did you come from anyway? How did you become such a large part of my life? Try as I might to banish you from my mind You still hang over me A shadow Stretched to inhuman proportions Darkening the smiles of the past And songs of the future Through time and distance I thought you'd be gone And alone I'd be free of your icy grin You pushed me too far too long And your lying eyes never gave a damn No, you can't get away that easily Call me wicked, I don't care With all that you gave me all of those years You deserve not to be forgotten so soon Ha... you don't remember me, do you? I didn't expect you to Don't think you'll ever forget again I'll be around to remind you Like a shadow � 1990 EchoMusic |
| The Rose His face lies before mine Scarlet eyes Soft brown hair He touches my lips With a golden kiss And whispers softly To the cold night air How I'd waited for so long To hear those words... Am I dreaming? Did he really say them? Are we here Alone With the sea And the stars? Yes... For I could not have dreamt this He puts his arms about me Sheltering Warming me from the cold His eyes His face I'd not forget Stay young As I'd grow old He holds me Places his lips to mine He gently takes my hand His features so fine In the pale moonlight His silhouette He leads me across the sand No... I could not be dreaming For my eyes Could never conjure A man As fine as this We stand before my doorstep And once again his kiss Just as real Just as softly As the first time He'd pulled me close And within my hand Placed delicately A tiny Burgundy Rose I awaken With a tear in my eye He's gone Was he ever really here? The memories That he'd left behind So fresh Like yesterday How had I created them In my mind? Surely He was just a dream That I must forget Gone Like the summer wind I hear myself scream But I must go on So I turn To face tomorrow And pull that door of yesterday To a close Not looking back At the tears I'd shed But smile instead At my tightly clutched hand For within it Lies The Rose No... It wasn't a dream at all � 1987 EchoMusic |
| Glimmer What manner of man is he That stray me from my cause so easily When I could be with a thought On the moon or in your arms To distract me from my mission Talking to me of love As if love could live in a microchip... But tell it to me again... How I could feel the warmth of your hand Thinking of love in a faraway land? I think not but how tempting You are ...Still a dream... But surely an angel That I even dare to dream again When the words come like water Spilling from my pen A vision or a thought I'd seen With crimson sunsets in between So close to my reality, yet... Still a dream... So perhaps a ghost Come to usher in an era of hope In a world torn at such delicate seams Ripped asunder One touch and I might believe Could almost believe... � 1999 EchoMusic |
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