The Shadow

I want to speak the words I live without,

To surrender to her and everything she is.

Because she’s the one I dream about,

The angel that keeps me awake by night.

I don’t want to spend another day

Trying to guess what she truly thinks.

Let destiny lead her and I astray

So I can keep feeling forever.

I want to hold her next to me,

To tell her how special she has become.

But sadly my dream will never be—

A distant shadow I remain.

      DannYetman

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The World As I've Seen

I never want to leave this moment, I can’t breath—

If I said I miss you, you would not understand.

I’m bleeding teardrops of the days gone by,

Pitifully grasping dreams that last through time

I can’t remember what ever changed—

But I would give the world just to find it again.

A thousand voices may pass and falter—

But at the end of the day only one remains.

I don’t want to be a shell of what I once was

But I get afraid when the light goes out.

Reality twisted to the orchestra of the same voices—

There’s a world below I’ve never seen,

Nothing but sky above but still I dream—

The memory tender, the world as I’ve seen.

      DannYetman

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Lost

I stand here in front of you tonight,

Caught between a moment and a memory.

Passion takes hold and guides me beyond—

Beyond hope, beyond desire, beyond dreams.

I have spent my life trying to stand here,

In front of you with the moonlight at my back.

Listen to the hitch in my voice—recognize sincerity—

I stumble carefully across my words,

Trying to keep our eyes interlocked.

Recognize when I’m trying to win your heart,

The words that break the silence and never fade.

Winding paths bring us together and tear us apart,

For better or worst you become a lost thought—

Barely surviving the concaves of conception.

Listen to the words you can’t bear to conceive,

Hear me broken, beaten and afraid—

Caught in the moment of my surrender,

The same old memory forever. 

     DannYetman

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My Valentine

The years pass us by, never really changing—

The seasons fade, never really forgetting;

Hand in hand as the leaves fall gently down.

Winter tears drown us like a river sliding

Across the landscape built from our hearts.

A decade passes, I’m still alone—

Wondering why I went so wrong,

Holding on to what I carved in stone.

I can’t believe we are both getting older,

A single day lingers in my mind,

I awake each day just to find it gone.

Your smile, greater than diamonds—

I hold it close, so it will last forever,

I want you to last forever.

A thousand tears pass us by, separate lives—

I’ll never feel the hand of my dreams,

It fades as the seasons pass us by.

     DannYetman

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When I'm Not There

I’ll never be the one to comfort you

When your world is collapsing—

And when you are feeling lonely,

I won’t be there to hold your hand,

Somebody else will make you right.

You will have to dry your own tears,

And spend your nights alone.

When you need somebody to talk to,

I won’t be there to hear your worries.

But when everything falls apart

I’ll be dreaming about comforting you,

And holding you so tight you’ll know

That I’m never planning on letting go.

When everything falls apart

I’ll be dreaming about being there

To take your hand and see your smile.

Every night I dream of drying your tears,

And to rid you of every monster. 

       DannYetman

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Frozen

She sits mere feet away, so close I shutter,

But I can’t say hello, can’t look at her either.

I pretend not see her and hold my breath

Until I turn the corner and let it go.

I try to find the reason for my silence—

Between her beauty and my shyness

I feel as though I’m sinking slowly—

There’s nobody here to save me.

Her smile is a figment of my dreams,

And I wonder if she knows of it.

       DannYetman

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What Silence Brings

My mind is weary, words becoming rare—

I speak seldom, wisdom fading far.

It feels as though someday you will hear

Me speak the words you don’t accept,

And on that day your heart is going to sink

Just as much as my heart now.

For I know what is not meant to be,

I know what fair wishes are—I see dreams—

I see you holding another’s hand.

Never mistake my smile for happiness,

I’m swallowing down the pain silence brings.

When I speak I’m hopeful you hear the tremble

That has been fixed in my voice.

When I look at the ground as you pass by

I’m hoping to see you turn your eyes—

Holding my breath so you don’t see me cry.

     DannYetman

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