Awakened by the hand of dread
An apprentice to the night
She pulls me from my chamber bed
And forces me to write

My mind still captive to my sleep
I do not understand
Clutching my quill, my fingers weep
It does not know my hand

A whisper slowly fills my soul
My quill now feels at ease
For I'm no longer in control
I write from my disease

Infected words now fill my quill
To spread a rancid lie
My paper silent and feeling ill
As pieces of it die

Dread no longer holds me tight
As her icy fingers release
She disappears into the night
And hands me back my peace

I wonder if the wind can hear
The cries from unmarked graves
People taken before their time
Doomed to be death's slaves

Those who've all gone missing
The stolen voices that remain
Trying their best to let us know
The purpose of their pain

They're buried in an barren field
Or under a giant oak tree
The places we pass everyday
With death we cannot see

Voices crying out hidden away
From deep within the ground
Hoping someone finally hears
Hoping they'll soon be found

Stolen voices are every where
The people that time forgot
A few are found and rest in peace
But most of them are not

There's a little bit of magic
In everyone that lives
A gift worthwhile is to bring a smile
And all the joy it gives

A heartfelt word of kindness
Can turn away their wrath
It can cause the strong to admit they're wrong
And seek a different path

There's magic in a warm embrace
That calms a fearful soul
When a broken heart is torn apart
A hug can help console

There's magic in a single tear
That can melt a heart of stone
We can't explain this liquid pain
This magic is still unknown

There's magic in a simple prayer
That can reach the throne above
The magic there is what we share
This magic we call love

I have to write away my far away feeling
And let my ink fulfill my need
Bring back the peace, the loneliness is stealing
And let my pen and paper intercede

Sometimes my mind just drifts away
To a place my heart can't see
Leaving me empty, filled with dismay
My spirit, as broken as can be

The silence screams, demanding attention
'Til my soul is out of reach
Leaving me lost in another dimension
Waiting for my tears to breach

That melancholy song plays in my head
I follow where ever it leads
I try to hang on to one little thread
'Til my heart just simply concedes

I have to write away my far away feeling
The loneliest part of me
The words that I write will start the healing
And maybe I'll one day be free

They sometimes call it talent
But we know that's not true
For talent is something worked for
Earned by only a few

They call it inspiration
Others say a muse
A silent partner that we can't see
Feeding us words to use

They say it's about emotion
We write the way we feel
Hoping to find a little peace
From what our souls conceal

They say it's all the pretty words
Stacked in a perfect place
They say it's found inside of us
A feeling we must embrace

But it's more than all the words we write
That gives our souls that lift
The poem becomes who we are
For a poem is a gift

I've whispered I love you, a million times
And I've given you ten- thousand kisses
I've written my love in five- thousand rhymes
An offering, your heart just dismisses

I've wiped at least a hundred-thousand tears
Whenever your sadness needed my sleeve
I've been by your side for twenty-two years
'Til you decided you wanted to leave

A thousand regrets imprisoned my mind
At least a dozen for each day we shared
I want back the love my heart had enshrined
For you will know that I'm sorry I cared

You've asked me to give it just one more try
I'm tired of counting, I'm saying goodbye

I am the king of a kingdom called hell
And you have become my queen
We rule the lands of Heartache and Spite
And everything in-between

Our castle is guarded by misery's knights
Surrounded by a moat full of tears
A dragon called Lust invades your heart
An enemy I've fought for years

Yet I fight with all of my strength
To defend the innocence of Trust
The harder I fight, the weaker I grow
I fear I'm defeated by Lust

Broken Promises break down the walls
With a word I cannot defend
Someone else has stolen your heart
And now you call me your friend

He's captured your heart, our kingdom is lost
For the walls have crumbled and fell
I'm just a king without you as my queen
Trapped in this kingdom of hell