Steve Eyman

The Past

Happiness went as fast as it came,

Promises, feelings now hollow not sweet,

How could this be the last time we meet.

Familiar faces blurring into a crowd,

Darkness surrounding and crushing and growing,

Casting a shadow without anyone knowing.

A sight once brought laughter and cheer,

Replaced by an image of lost memories dear.

The Silence not silent,

The noise irrelevant.

Cruising through life with no hope for the future,

Running from the past,

No remedy ever lasts.

Eating away at one’s very soul,

Changing and moulding and destroying at will,

Deeper and deeper with intent to kill.

Not going down without a fight,

Our hero pushes back with all of their might.

The darkness starts lifting and fading away,

Images clearing a release from the haze.

The darkness replace by a hopeful light,

The powerful force now receding at last,

Waiting for it’s moment to relive the past.

The Ascent

Falling, falling, always falling,

The insatiable pit always calling,

Pulling down, down to the bottom,

In the darkness shadows crawling.

Bloody hands clawing, tired feet scrambling,

Thoughts are heavy, slurred voice rambling,

Energy fading, hope exhausted,

Deadly voices forever damning.

Will to climb escaping.

Hungry pit accepts its victim.

Stubborn climber continues ascending,

Onwards to unforeseeable ending,

Ignoring the pain, continues to struggle,

Chances are low, no room for pretending.

Light finally breaks onto the face,

New burst of strength to finish the race,

Worth the risk, worth the pain,

No longer the pit continues to chase.

Lungs burning,

Stomach churning,

Emerging from the ground,

Hope returning.

Gaze upon a brand new challenge,

Lofty peak far out of sight,

Bloody hands climb with all their might.

A Day in The Life

She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah,

Keep moving forward and stop looking back,

Enjoy today before it becomes Yesterday.

Let your heart soar across the universe,

Free to fly as light as a dove,

‘Cause all you really need is love.

Baby you’re a rich man so don’t let me down,

You’ve got a whole lot of something so hey Jude don’t frown.

It’s been a hard days night,

Working towards a revolution.

Blackbirds sing a familiar song,

While my guitar gently weeps as we play along.

A cry for help,

A plea to be free.

I’ve just seen a face and I should have known better,

To throw in my heart like a shot in the dark.

I want to hold your hand but man she’s so heavy,

Oh darling why could I not see,

What you are really doin’ to me.

I really should just let it be.

I’m a nowhere man lost in Norwegian Wood,

A paperback writer with nothing to write,

This woman she really can do me no good,

You can’t buy me love, never.

I’m doomed to wander Strawberry Fields forever.

I’ll Be There

No matter how long I have to wait,

I’ll be standing right here to accept my fate.

Whether rain or snow or thick driving sleet,

A year long drought or unbearable heat.

Not knowing exactly what I’m going to find,

I’ll wait right here with all my hope blind.

A smile on my face and no chance of fear,

I’ll be there because, you’re worth it my dear.