Katie Power
One Day
I love it here..
Where the sunflowers sway
and I clear my mind..
Knowing we're together another day.
Ladybugs crawl on my feet
as I sit in the grass,
waiting for you to join me.
Then, you come at last.
You take one glance at me
and grab my hand..
That's all it takes
and you help me up to stand.
We take our lonely walks
and talk of how our day went.
As we return home,
I know today was well spent.
The sky begins to cry
and we again return outside.
We stand face to face
with both your hands on my side.
Then your hands go to my face..
And you look me in the eyes.
You give me that loving smile
and I gladly return it to you.
You pause for one second
then get down on one knee.
As you reach to pull out the ring, you say:
"Will you marry me?"
Unsure of what to say
I just got down with you
gave you the sweetest kiss.
And you just knew.
Just knew the future,
you knew the past..
And you know we have love..
So we're gonna last.
In Dreams
Dreaming as usual..
And I'm taken to a new place.
I watch the sunflowers blow in the fields,
as I see your familiar face.
Fear comes to mind..
Only wondering why you're here.
I'm feeling like I don't belong..
And I wish you weren't there.
But you are, and no changes can be made.
I may have loved you...
but there's got to be a way
to just forget you.
Our past haunts and
I feel like I'm being held down..
Even though in reality you're not here.
The tears fall and I feel like I could drown.
"Stop haunting me
and just leave me alone."
I see you just stare as I yell to you..
You can't believe I'm using that tone.
I may have surprised you but
you refuse to go away..
I begin to run from you..
But I end up in the same place..my mind's in replay.
I see our moments
and I see us kiss..
And I begin to remember
and I begin to miss.
What we had made me strong..
So why do I keep holding on?
You're gone..that was your choice.
It's all been said and done.
All of a sudden
a ladybug just flies by..
Now you've disappeared again.
And I don't know why.
My dreams live forever,
and I don't hold on to love anymore.
I don't need love now..
But I don't know how I lived without it before.
Only Pretending
The birds begin to sing,
and the sun shines through my window.
I just smile knowing where I am---
no one can ever again make me feel low.
So, I walk outside and I see only green.
And the light breeze blows my hair.
I can actually say I'm happy
and, in a way, it's because you're not here.
I now know the different side of you---
the side I never wanted to see.
How did you hide it so well?
Why would you keep it from me?
I see the dark clouds roll in,
but I welcome the weather.
I shouldn't care about you---
and the past we have shouldn't matter.
And in all reality--it doesn't.
It seems you've moved on.
Just forgotten our past---
to me it feels you left and gone.
No hurt feelings.
No tears to wipe away.
I've long stopped crying---
and that's how it's going to stay.
No more fake emotions
or words from you.
I guess you've made your final choice--
and I have too.
The rain falls from the skies
as some light seeps through.
I may have fell in love,
but I won't give up everything for you.
The drops begin to come down harder.
I finally see: With us there was no beginning,
there was no end---
"WE" were only pretending.
~Copyright Katie Power 2002