Circus Life by Ashe

Standing in the circus big top (hey, look, I m in the center ring)
The world is in the stands 
Having a good time (as they sing)
Hey! do you hear the circus song?
It s laughter
It s life at its zenith
As the colors dance (and spin and whirl)
I m head of the show (with you dictating it, of course)
With my cane and top hat (oh, what a showman!)
Can I
May I have your attention?
If you look at the ring to left you ll see the break-up of the year! (thought they d never do it, but look they ll get though it!)
Never knew all these sordid secrets they kept (in the stands they laugh and jeer)
He cheated
She cheated (oh, and did you know, she s in love with his best friend and he hers)
Not so perfect after all (didn t think it for a second)
Now, if you would I d have you look to the right (first ring taking center stage, part of the last act s run off in tears)
Best friends forever (since birth it seems)
But one let something slip (now, now they can t speak)
Hey! Hey! Listen to their screams (oh the outrage, this travesty and tragedy)
 Why d you tell him?  (here it comes)
 I thought you loved him  (well, there s your answer, don t it speak for itself?)
 I trusted you!  (that conventional, cliche reply)
 I m sorry!  (comes the outburst, an attempt to mend a busted trust)
That doesn t cut it my  friend ! (oh that word, such mockery, now it s war!)
 Well at least I didn t tell him-  (this and this and that embarrassing childhood incident)
 Why you!  (oh, this could go on forever, let s not bore the crowd)
And would you look back to the center (it s time to end this show, it s getting lengthy)
Hey look, it s a divorce! (maybe it s the same tale as that high school girl and boy?)
But no
Turns out there s been some deception (the women, she s into woman)
The wife s running off with her girlfriend (oh, but think of the kids)
The husband s gazing into the bottom of a bottle (does it hold the answers?)
His little girl tugging at his shirt (and she s asking, yes, she s asking)
 Daddy, why s Mommy gone? She s not in her room.
And this man
He weeps (he s a broken man that downs the drink just to forget)
She stares wide-eyed (he s Daddy, he s strong, he s not supposed to cry)
He gathers her to him (her sweet little face looks just like hers)
Tears coat her hair (she hugs him, that little girl she s special, an angel in disguise meant to hold him as he cries)
  Daddy, I love you. You re going to be okay  (That sweet little voice whispers and her dear little hands, they gently pry the bottle away)
That s my act (that s all folks, looks like it s done)
And so you file out of the tent (grinning and laughing at the highlights of the show)
Leaving me to watch
To search for the next display (don t worry, the people I ve shown you, they ll find a way)
The song fades away (the colors disappear, it was just an act anyway)
And so I m left in the center ring (hey look, it s my life that s playing in the rings)
I know all the endings (what you saw was my memories today)
These people
They re real (don t worry they re fine)
Let s get on with the next show! (cold, I know, but how else to live?)
And so you file in again (this cycle it never ends)

Late Goodbyes by Courtney

Window sitting me
sky watching delight
What more could I want
accompanied by
 
the sun in the sky
butterflies flutt'ring bees buzzing by
birds sing in the air
 
All of a sudden
everything stops still
My mom comes crying
I ask her,"What's wrong?"
 
She sighs a moment
taking a deep breath
The two tall towers 
have taken a crash
 
Millions have died
they have died, said she
Kids without mothers
Alone on the street

cont...
 

 

 

She then walked away
leaving me to think
of the horrendous
event that's just past

Imagine, just think
See in your mind's eye
Consider your mom
or even your dad
 
Innocent people
with nowhere to go
Stuck on the top of 
one of the towers

Tears in my eyeballs
sliding down my cheek
Raining and raining 
a pool at my feet
 
The storm now ended
still clouds in the sky
They are not going
They're still in my mind
 
Alone on my seat
by myself I sit
Looking at the sky
I noticed great change

cont...

The sky very gray
no butterflies 'round
Birds that were singing
Now silent as death
 
The bees do not buzz
yet they fly right by
The sun is not out
There's clouds in the sky
 
For nothing is good
there's no good at all
Nothing on earth could
take care for us all

There's one up above
Controls the heavens
He...he can help us
could care for us all
 
For under our God
It's our God we trust
We stand as one
E. Pluribus Unum