Monday, September 30, 2013

HEEDING STORMS

Watching the wipers swish the rain away
Just to have to do it once again
It's a pointless effort when it pours like this
You have to stop and wait for it to end

I have a lot of time to sit and think
While the howling wind rocks my car
How ironic that I had to stop so soon
It's like the weather said don't go too far

~~~*Chorus*~~~
When you hold no doubt 
That you're in love
And you get into a fight
Sometimes you need to realize 
That you're not always right
You can fix it, see it through
Talk together until you do
Don't walk out
Or that storm will follow you
Heeding storms
Is the smartest thing to do
~~*~~

I've turned off the wipers, so I can't see
Like I couldn't see, a thing, your way
Yeah I lost control and stormed out the door
I should have listened, Yeah I should have stayed

~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
When a storm forms
In my life 
I want ride it far away
But this time it won't carry me
It's like the weather says I have to stay
I'll have to wait for it to ease
To come back
And ask you to forgive me
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
When you hold no doubt 
That you're in love
And you get into a fight
Sometimes you need to realize 
That you're not always right
You can fix it, see it through
Talk together until you do
Don't walk out
Or that storm will follow you
Heeding storms
Is the smartest thing to do
~~*~~


Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013

Thursday, September 26, 2013

MERCY

Through the bars
A trace of scars
Some I will never see
Knitted brows
A constant frown
Intimidating me
A wicked laugh
He turns his back
But then he is betrayed
Wonder why
I want to cry
I saw his shoulders shake

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Yeah, I was there to witness
A hardened criminal break
He sobbed when he was broken
Begged forgiveness for mistakes
It was not impossible 
To reel in my hate
Request for absolution 
Can never come too late
Mercy
Mercy's what it takes
~~*~~

Through the bars
Heard his guitar
Cells quiet as a crypt
Soulful song
Of every wrong
Passed his remorseful lips
A sorry man
Who always ran
Away from his mistakes
Broke today
I heard him say
Mercy
Mercy's what it takes

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
I've never tolerated
Did not extend my grace
Could not abide the ease of lies
Spoken to my face
I'd rather turn and walk away
You live with your mistakes
 I did not expect to feel
The way I felt today
Mercy
Mercy got in the way
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Yeah, I was there to witness
A hardened criminal break
He sobbed when he was broken
Begged forgiveness for mistakes
It was not impossible 
To reel in my hate
Request for absolution 
Can never come too late
Mercy
Mercy's what it takes
~~*~~


Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

SOUND LONGINGS

Horse's hooves on cobblestone
Bamboo wind chimes
Bone hits bone
Wolf howls in the dead of night
Singing crystal
Lover's sighs
Distant trains, soft flowing streams
Chanting soldiers
Brittle leaves

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Every sound, to me, unique
Spirit moving, and distinct
Echoes I won't soon forget
Now confess your deep regret
The sound that I most long to hear
Whisper, you miss me, in my ear
~~*~~

Music reaching deep inside
Crickets chirping
Dancing kites
Babies laughing from their hearts
The falling rain
Shuffling cards

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
My senses are alive now
My body starts to sweat
So many sounds, for miles around
But you haven't shown up yet
The aural that I long for 
Your whisper in my ear
You miss me
You love me
That's all I want to hear
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Every sound, to me, unique
Spirit moving, and distinct
Echoes I won't soon forget
Now confess your deep regret
The sound that I most long to hear
Whisper, you miss me, in my ear
~~*~~


Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013

Monday, September 23, 2013

INNER STATUE

When something tragic happens
I’m the first to fall apart
My Mama says, Babe that’s okay
It just shows a loving heart

I know how much you loved me
There was never room for doubt
And you’d be the first to ask me
What my tears are all about

~~~*Chorus*~~
You’d say find your inner statue
Brave the strong winds and the rain
Stand tall, and proud, and beautiful
Don’t crumble with the pain
Now you pull yourself together
This is no time to be meek
Girl, seek that inner statue
Show them what you've learned from me
It’s right to have a loving heart
But don’t let it make you weak
~~*~~

You have always been my champion
My defender and my friend
Convinced me I was priceless
That’s the message which you sent

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
For you I tried
I tried not to cry
I wanted to smile
Be so strong in your eyes
But you have always been there
Matched me stride for stride
All I could think about
Was your absence in my life
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~
You’d say find your inner statue
Brave the strong winds and the rain
Stand tall, and proud, and beautiful
Don’t crumble with the pain
Now you pull yourself together
This is no time to be meek
Girl, seek that inner statue
Show them what you've learned from me
It’s right to have a loving heart
But don’t let it make you weak
~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~
I’ll miss my loving statue
With your sound and giving heart
But I will strive, to live my life
Being strong when it gets hard
Show the world, what I learned
All I've received from you
I will seek ...
Until I find...
My inner statue
~~*~~


Teresa Lynn Johnson
Copyright© 2013
I will miss you so much
Aunt Charlene, but I am
so Blessed for our Times
Together! Forever, Teresa 

Sunday, September 22, 2013

OUT OF THE CITY

I'm forty miles out of the city
Driving fast as I can go
I see acres of crops, a couple farmers
And an endless stretch of open road

A bunch of kids, in an old blue truck
Man did I ever drive that slow
Gotta hit the mountains before the sun
Has a chance to sink too low


~~~*Chorus*~~~
Cause I wanna see...
The rivers and the trees...
Smell the heated scent of pine
Set nostalgic memories
Free to run in my mind
Skipping back in time
When home was pretty
Out of the city
~~*~~

I'm a hundred and forty out of the city
Spokane is coming into view
I honk and pass, heart beating fast
Man, clear a path I'm coming through


~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Yeah, there are the trees
I roll the window down just to breathe
Oh, the air's so clean...
Mountains perfect and pretty
A bright blue sky
I feel so alive
Out of the city
~~*~~

~~~*2nd Chorus*~~~
Yeah, I had to see...
The rivers and the trees...
Smell the heated scent of pine
Set nostalgic memories
Free to run in my mind
Compare time with time
It's still so pretty
Out of the city
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright©2013

Thursday, September 19, 2013

HUMAN BEINGS

Where's your common courtesy
Respect for what is right
We try in vain
But your hazy brains
Still see just black and white

We are individuals
All of the human race
Your injustice
I must dismiss
Let me set the record straight

~~~*Chorus*~~~
You are white
Think you've got the right
To put other races down
You are black
Can't dismiss the fact
That your ancestors were bound
You're both prejudice
It's such an ignorant mess
There really is an in-between
We are individuals
Just be human beings
~~*~~

I advise you all to take
A lesson from the blind
Combine mankind
No black no white
Just spirits intertwined

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Does the color of your skin
Make you better than him
Does yours make you less of a man
Close your eyes, shake his hand
For once please understand
The in-between...
You're human beings
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
You are white
Think you've got the right
To put other races down
You are black
Can't dismiss the fact
That your ancestors were bound
You're both prejudice
It's such an ignorant mess
There really is an in-between
We are individuals
Just be human beings
~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~
Once again...
I advise you all to take
A lesson from the blind
Combine mankind
No black no white
Just spirits intertwined
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

RUTHLESS

What possesses a person
To break another's heart
To mask their motivation
Deceive them and depart

Were you born a callous soul
Or was it something learned
Did you once know how to love
Gave all just to be hurt

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Train me…
How to never give a damn
Show me…
A Lonely heart, empty hands
Tell me…
Advise me to understand
Teach me…
How to never give a damn
~~*~~

Why pretend to be tender
Is that part of your game
In truth you have no mercy
And ruthless is your name

You are ruthless...

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Why don’t you just tell the truth
That love stories are for fools
At least your victims
Have a chance to choose
To never give a damn
To never fall in love with you
They wouldn't have to guess
That you’re ruthless
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Train me…
How to never give a damn
Show me…
A Lonely heart, empty hands
Tell me…
Advise me to understand
Teach me…
How to never give a damn
~~*~~
Confess…
Tell me why you’re ruthless
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

THROUGH THAT DOOR

I want to be a little boy
They are out to do me harm
And I’m too old to run into
Daddy’s protective arms

Well, some things I just can’t handle
Speaking up might make it worse
So I refrain, and take the pain
No matter how it hurts
But…

~~~*Chorus*~~~
I don’t want to be here
I am forced through that door
You won’t understand...
But
I don’t want to be here
Anymore…
~~*~~

All day long I’m miserable
They won't leave me alone
The ugly from the day bleeds
Soaks through the good of home

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
I have struggled to leave it behind me
When I walk out that door every day
When I come home
There are smiles all around me
I smile back, and try to ban the pain
It won’t go away
Monday mornings, terrified
I walk through that door
I don’t want to be there anymore
~~*~~

~~~*2nd Chorus*~~~
I don’t want to be there
I am forced through that door
You won’t understand...
But
I don’t want to be here
Anymore…
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Copyright © 2013
"Hayden's Right"
~~~<~~~<@

MY PERFECT BLOOM

The Peonies were beautiful
Now the Lilies are in bloom
I can't wait for Springtime
For more memories of you

Pretty Daffodils and Tulips
All the different bulbs you found
Mother's Pearls, from across the world
With love, placed in the ground

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Baby I know
Gorgeous they will grow
From tender love consumed
Kiss them for me darling
Kiss them before they bloom
~~*~~

I laughed at the Snapdragons
Sobbed with the Baby's Breath
There's new life all around me
Here to ease the pain of death

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Everything you touched
Reminds me of you
All around me
The beauty reigns
I trace the petals
On every flower
Your image coming
To me in waves
I imagine you...
My perfect bloom
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Baby I know
Gorgeous they will grow
From tender love consumed
Kiss them for me darling
Kiss them before they bloom
~~*~~


Teresa Lynn Johnson
Copyright©2013







Monday, September 16, 2013

LOVE CAN FLY

There is no way, I can explain
No limits can be placed
To describe, sweet friends of mine
The love that comes into play

Each time, as friends, I brush against
Gestures of word and sight
It means so much, my heart is touched
Once grounded, now in flight

~~~*Chorus*~~~
You make love fly
You are the cause
Enable me to be more
Than I ever was
The longer that I know you
The easier to find
That you are the reason
Love can fly
~~*~~

Have I told you, really showed you
How wonderful you are
Can you see, do you believe
That love could span so far

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
It flies over the state lines
Travels across the seas
Encompassing your countries
Lands foreign to me
Everywhere it goes
It can’t help but grow
And you’re the reason why
You made it possible
For love to fly
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
You make love fly
You are the cause
Enable me to be more
Than I ever was
The longer that I know you
The easier to find
That you are the reason
Love can fly
~~*~~
Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright©2013

Thursday, September 12, 2013

RELIVING THIS

A humid smoky dance floor
Hot bodies intertwined
Clashing of the perfumes
The drug of flashing lights
Hazy mentality
A sense of deja vu
I welcome 
The flashbacks
Of you…

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Blood pumping
Feet thumping
Bend, twirl, swish
Music with a fever pitch
Hands tracing
Hearts racing
Long, deep, kiss
Shhh…
Reliving this
~~*~~

An empty stretch of shoreline
With imprints in the sand
Just ashes of the fire
That never needed fanned
An intimate union
I’m bringing back to view
So dizzy 
Just thinking
Of you…

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
I can be a Hercules
Unyielding to the worst
Stranded in the desert
Not languish from the thirst
I can take a hit, and not even flinch
I’m a warrior tried and true
But look at me, weak in the knees
When I muse over you
~~*~~

~~~*2nd Chorus*~~~
Blood pumping
Heart thumping
Hear, see, roar
Water hits the sandy shore
Hands tracing
Embracing
Long, deep, kiss
Shhh…
Reliving this
~~*~~
Shhh...
Reliving this
~~*~~
Teresa Lynn Johnson
Copyright © 2013

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

WHISPERS...

No one can help me but the Good Lord
With the turmoil in me today
I remember the terror raining on us
The tragedies that haunt me to this day
So hard to fathom all the evil
In a heart, that beats with so much love
So every time that it gets weary
I rely on God to lift it up

Heed the Whispers
Revenge is not enough...

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Whispers..
Girl just pray for them
Love the rotten souls
Every being created
It's required, as you know
Whispers...
Deep down you understand
How it all will end
You want the pain to go away
Learn to pray for them
Say Amen…
~~*~~

I think of all the hate they've created
Exactly what they want me to feel
His echoes linger in my mind now
Bouncing off the wall so wronged in me

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
And the Wall screams!
You know who started this!
They killed the innocent!
They came here for the rape!
They violated us!
Though, in God I trust
For wrongs, I just can't pray!
So, the pain won’t end
 I won’t pray for them!
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Whispers..
Girl just pray for them
Love the rotten souls
Every being created
It's required, as you know
Whispers...
Deep down you understand
How it all will end
You want the pain to go away
Learn to pray for them
Say Amen…
~~*~~

Whispers…
 I hear the whispers…
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Copyright© 2013

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

SWEET DAYDREAMS

I placed a rose by your stone angel
Laid down by your grave, in the green grass
Memories enveloped me like magic
Sweet daydreams that travel through the past

I’m waiting for you at Saint Joseph’s
Our love in full bloom, and your white dress
Your hand finds mine, tears falling from our eyes
That first kiss, as my wife, I won’t forget

~~~*Chorus*~~~
I’m so thankful for daydreams
Minds images that help me to go on
We still dance in my visions
As long as they are with me, you live on
Oh…
Whisper to me
Sweet daydreams
~~*~~

I see you holding all our babies
And I hear you singing lullabies
Smelling the flowers in the garden
Oh, the wonder of all I’ve memorized

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Ahhh...
I love when I close my eyes
The fantasies that come to life
Burst right from the heart
And overflow...
Daydreams
Ahhh… daydreams
They’re magic…
Magic for a soul
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
I’m so thankful for daydreams
Minds images that help me to go on
We still dance in my visions
As long as they are with me, you live on
Oh…
Whisper to me
Oh, please, please, please
Whisper to me
Sweet daydreams
Mmm…….
Sweet daydreams
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

Monday, September 9, 2013

GOTTA RUN A RED LIGHT

                                         Red lights flashing   
                                          Back off  Beware
                                   There are no green lights
                                                 Anywhere 


                                                Stop signs 
                                             At every turn
                                     Flags wave in my face
                                    Searching high and low
                                      For the chance to go
                                  I'm a captive in this place

                                         ~~~*Chorus*~~~
                              I've been running on marbles
                             Swimming through quicksand
                                  I keep looking for signals
                                 So tired of being trapped
                                   Man I can’t find an exit
                                       No escape in sight
                                      The only thing to do
                                       Is to break the rules
                                    I've gotta run a red light
                                                     ~~*~~
 
                                            Electric storms
                                             So I cannot fly
                                They've dammed the rivers
                                     Now the water’s high
                                  Danger on the foot trails
                                     Snow up on the pass
                                    All the doors are locked
                                   And the guns are cocked
                            So the rules must be surpassed
 
                                     ~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
                                    I've gotta run a red light
                                    All legal tries have failed
                               Pour on the gas, and get out fast
                                     Like the law is on my tail
                               Burn rubber, I won't hesitate
                              Wheels screaming in the night
                           Man forget about the green ones
                                    I've gotta run a red light
                                                      ~~*~~
                                             ~~~*Chorus*~~~
                               I've been running on marbles
                               Swimming through quicksand
                                   I keep looking for signals
                                   So tired of being trapped
                                      Man I can’t find an exit
                                           No escape in sight
                                          The only thing to do
                                         Is to break the rules
                                   I've gotta run a red light
                                                      ~~*~~







 Teresa Lynn Johnson
Copyright© 2013