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

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

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

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

Wrdspnr@aol.com

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

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

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

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

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

Wrdspnr@aol.com

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

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright©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

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

~~*~~

~~~*2^nd 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

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright © 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

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright© 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

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

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright© 2013