inspirations

have you ever had a time where you feel like you have nothing to inspire you? i've had that...on and off for all of my life. recently though, i've been trying my darndest to be "in-tune" with my surroundings so as to get inspiration to write about. so i guess now that i've been looking for it, well. . . i'm looking for it. it seems, it plays peek-ah-booh with me throughout the past 3-4 months. it's fun searching for inspiration....for that one thing that will motivate me to write a song about. it comes in odd forms too. a little worm on the pavement. the smile on the little kid's face. oh oh whenever i see sunflowers. i LOVE sunflowers. sometimes, it comes when i'm about to fall asleep and i'm in that almost rem sleep and then POW! it comes! it's crazy. then i have to go to the hassel to not lose the lyrics or the tune, and then half awake --i struggle to find a pen and pad to write it all down hoping that tomorrow, i'll be able to recall everything and read what i write. aaaarhhhh!!! well, i thank my muse for my inspirations. i continue to thank everything around me. thank you worm, thank you kid, thank you sunflower....thank you grumpy officemate. ehhehehe...he sometimes inspire me too. oh, another odd place to find inspiration? the international community corrections association conference. yes, a boring conference in the middle of indianapolis, indiana. while i was sitting in a workshop, it just dawned on me. good thing what they were teaching i already know about since i really was not paying attention. oh well....



cuz i run from you somehow
cuz i run to you anyhow
i just can't get my mind to focus here
i can't seem to straighten up my stride


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i light up a candle and pray you'd come
i take a vigil and be your beacon
a light that would lead you back
lead you back here to me

i'd change the colors of the world today
or, i'd take the hurt that caused you to stray
i'll keep the light on for you
so you'd know i'm waiting and i'm true

cause i am here
just for you, my dear
i'll go to all ends to see you here with me
just have you right back home

i'll cross open seas just to hear you speak
i'll walk through glass just to make you hear
the words that are coming from my heart
and wish upon the stars we'd never part

i'd write a song so that you would know
the melodies of my heart are true
i'd give my life just for you, my dear
am i not making it clear. . .

cause i am here
just for you, my dear
i'll go to all ends to see you here with me
just have you right back home