Don’t give up son I know that you are tired Them emotions come bubbling up some Leave your brain feeling rewired. We can go to awful despair When we feel our feelings aren’t cared for Or we try to summon up the words for feelings That for us were never really there for. It can take some life from you When they all come together at once Or people demand from you Like you can never give enough. Don’t give up son I know that you are tired Them emotions come bubbling up some Leave your brain feeling rewired. The things that you plough through Sometimes they plough through you You’re not failing any test On the times you are not at your best. You have a lot on your plate There is a lot of good that you do It’s alright if you’re not feeling great I wish I could have been there more for you. Don’t give up son On those days that you are tired You need to open up some Even if it’s not with the one that you desired. You need to let life in son You’ve spent far too long alone And I know in your heart you think you’ve found the woman But that woman has said that she’s gone. You need to start living your life son In a more caring, deeper way Where the love that you give out Is there for you in a similar way. Don’t give up son You are heading in many good directions And I know for you son This has been one of your hardest lessons. You never quit easy I’ve always noticed that in you And when you get your teeth in a thing You like to see that thing through. You’ve handled a lot of loss I’m pretty proud of the way you handled mine And if there’s a spirit world Know mine was with you at the time. We can decide what we let in And we can decide what we cut out When we are strong enough To see clearer through our doubts. To do that we drink them in We let them fill us whole And we blow out the ones That don’t align with our soul. Don’t give up son Today you are just feeling tired Coming to the end of a long run Of not really meeting your needs or desires. Don’t give up son For what looks like a painful end Can be the beautiful start for some In which open hearts mend. And the more you open yours The more I’m sure that pain will ease The fact the woman that you love, is loving someone else Is something time will just unfortunately have to tease. You need to let some others care for you For precious is our time And you’re in need of love And you never got enough of mine. Things don’t always work out I’m the living dead proof But everyday of life Is an extra day of youth. Don’t give up son I know that you are tired Them emotions come bubbling up some Leave your brain feeling rewired. Life is full of pressure But precious does life be And though I’m not there to say it ‘Son, you were always precious to me.’ Don’t give up son You just going through incremental change And I never knew change That wasn’t laced with pain. You’re just re-walking your hell Learning what served you well Cracking open that protective shell And drinking in the future’s smell. Don’t give up son Your heart is just reopening And in order to do that We need to look at what’s been broken in it. Don’t give up son For never has that been you You’re just breathing in your doubts And breathing out what’s not for you. Don’t give up son For in life there is no smooth sea we sail upon We battle against the tide We’re always going to get stuff wrong. Don’t give up son You just realign with the heart in you You give that heart time And you continue being you. I’m proud of the man you are I’m proud of the man I see And every single man has to ask the same question How much more can that man be? Don’t give up son For that’s not something that we do But that’s just the man in me Talking, to the man, I see, in you. © Daniel Breslin
Tag Archives: Loss
Something Undeniable
Looking for something reliable Something I can hold Something undeniable That doesn’t leave me feeling cold. Looking for connection With someone connected to me Looking for affection The kind I can feel or see. Looking for another That doesn’t make me feel alone Looking for the other To make this world a home. There’s love in communication And that’s what I really need I’m searching for a deeper stimulation Something more for me. I’ve spent a lot of time Meeting others needs And I have a little hurt and anger In how others have treated me. I have an anger with myself In my needs and how I express them Still learning in the loss For in every loss a lesson. I have an anger at myself For actions, made in pain But I show compassion to myself For I sure can’t shoulder all the blame. I have a sense of grief In how I might have made others feel As I struggled for some peace and relief From the depth of pain I was facing, in my efforts to heal. I have a sense of loss In the things that weren’t there for me The things I couldn’t get across The things others maybe didn’t see. Pain can cloud your mind Pain can cloud your vision But pain must be given its time If we are to really connect with the life we’re living. Nothing is resolved Few things in this life are sure But as I try to problem solve Something deeper, feels, the only cure. Every day’s a step In the right direction Where I grow, knowing a little less In my journey, toward love and affection. © Daniel Breslin
Lost Years
Stepping into a state of grace
Away from my mistakes
Committed under the weight
Of multiple heartbreaks.
Coming to terms with the pain I was in
Pain impossible to avoid
And as I start the path from pain
I rejoice in the fact, that in that pain I was not destroyed.
It feels like everything happened at once
Everything came in a bundle
Just as I was coming to terms with one
Another tragedy would leave me humbled.
When the foundations of my family
Were crumbling before my eyes
Every other bit of pain and tragedy
Lacerated this heart inside.
I watched some I love
Go through some unexpected horrors
Lost a couple of friends
And the pain of their lost tomorrows.
Lost a bit of myself
Or an image of who I thought I was
Some of it through pain
Some of it through sacrifice for a cause.
Lost the foolish concept
That I can do it all on my own
And have been forced to get more honest
With the pain of my own home.
The pain of my beginnings
The pain of who I am
It’s in pain that I’ve been living
But I can feel it beginning to leave this man.
I accept where it is I’m at
I accept from where it is I’ve come
And I take pride in the fact
Of a lot of what I have done and overcome.
Ain’t done it all that smoothly
But I ain’t done it all that bad
My heart and soul have taken one almighty bruising
Yet here I stand.
I let go of what I hoped might be
And I’ll focus on what can be done
I won’t dwell on lost opportunity
Only on the opportunities to come.
I can’t make others decisions
That’s a privilege for themselves
I’ll just get more focused on the life I’m living
And the responsibility to myself.
I let loose responsibility to others
And redirect that focus to me
I’ve given there what I can
Now I’m giving back to me.
I made it through as best I could
I survived the best way I knew how
So I won’t linger on thoughts of should
When I look at where I am now.
These were years full of loss
And I got a little lost in them
But their lessons were not lost
And out of boys that makes men.
I’ll emerge the stronger
And I’ll emerge the better
I’ll not put up with certain things longer
But I learned I can put up with a hell of a lot of pressure.
So out of years of loss
Years lost in pain
While not side stepping the cost
I can see growth all the same.
I take pride in who I am
Focus on what’s ahead
Things fall as they fall
So I’ll not linger on regret.
Regrets are for those
Who keep their feelings to themselves
Or who walk the path of comfort
When the right path leads through hell.
This life is just a journey
We must not fear its depths
For in that there is such learning
About this world and about ourselves.
I’ve rarely shied from pain
I’ve maybe just been a little slow to share it
Always thought it was my burden to claim
And that I had the strength to bare it.
That’s a part I’m changing
And it’s bringing others closer
As I become more open in my pain and my vulnerability
And a certain family role is over.
There ain’t no fairytales here
It’s just facing what you are
And a lot of people can’t do that
So they can only get so far.
I hold my hands up to my mistakes
But I have compassion for where I was
I was operating under a lot of weights
So I have compassion for my flaws.
I have huge compassion for others
Now it’s time for some for me
And it’s through the act of self-compassion
We really set ourselves free.
Stepping into a state of grace
Away from my mistakes
Committed under the weight
Of multiple heartbreaks.
These were years full of loss
And I got a little lost in them
But their lessons were not lost
And out of boys, that makes men.
© Daniel Breslin
My Loss
My loss
Is his gain
His joy
Is my pain.
But her joy
Was my aim
So I hope that joy
Will remain.
The pain and sadness
I feel
I hope
Time will heal.
And I hope
The future for her
Is the one
She deserves.
For deserve it
She does
I wish her
Nothing but love.
I’ve made
My mistakes
Change has come
Too little, too late.
And I won’t make
More excuses
They only add
To the bruises.
As her heart’s
Made its choice
I must quiet
My voice.
And hope
The future for me
Brings something
I don’t yet see.
My loss
Is my pain
I’ll not wish her
The same.
I wish,
Her the success
She deserves
In excess.
And I must switch
My focus to me
And other hopes
I wish be.
For there’s so much
I still deserve
Even if I can’t
Build it with her.
I’ll use
This pain that I feel
To be ever
More real.
For in this new
Loss of hope
All I can do
Is seek growth.
I let go with grace
I got no room for hate
Got closure to my face
So I can move on at my pace.
I'll be building my world
One day at a time
I've been trying to build others
But now I'm back building mine.
© Daniel Breslin
The Art Of Letting Go
The art of letting go
Is an art I hate to know
Letting go of those I love
Is not something I do that good.
But it is something
That’s becoming familiar
This one’s different
But the pain is similar.
The art of letting someone be
When they don’t want to be with me
The art of finding new growth
And in heartbreak, rebuilding hope.
The art of letting go
Is an art I hate to know
But it’s an art I’m learning slow to fast
As we can’t build our futures in the past.
The art of accepting our mistakes
Realising those we love can feel for us some hate
Is undoubtedly a bitter pill to take
I accept some flaws but I had some weights.
A lot of growth comes out of pain
I’d a lot of hope in this flame
My heart is broke, that’s the name
But I’ve been a blind dope, so I can’t complain.
These were my years of suffering
These were my years of hurt
The years where a lot of what I put my work in
Didn’t seem to work.
These were years of loss
These were years full of pain
And as I weigh up and accept the cost
Want to ensure the coming years aren't the same.
So I’m a dust myself down
Take a look at the road
And try to move on
Even if I’m moving slow.
So I’ll be working on me
I’ll be working on growth
And I’ll be trying to see
New opportunities for hope.
For I am nothing
If not a man of growth
And I am nothing
If not a man of hope.
I’ll be healing my heart
And I’ll be getting stronger
I felt for this one deeply
So healing may take a little longer.
I’ve been holding on
Waiting for that final blow
My heart needed to see it in their eyes
Before it could let go.
The art of letting go
Is an art I hate to know
Letting go of those I love
Is not something I do that good.
The art of letting go
Is an art I hate to know
But I’m learning slow to fast
For we can’t build our futures in the past.
The art of letting go
The art of starting fresh
The art of letting go
Can feel a lot like death.
The art of letting go
The art of moving on
My heart’s been feeling low
With being on its own and strong.
So maybe the art of letting go
Is trying to teach me the art of letting in
And the art I hate to know
Is trying to show, there’s a new art to begin.
© Daniel Breslin
DON’T YOU DARE!
Heartbreak is a part of life
Ain’t that the honest truth
But don’t let it make you give up on love
For it is love that keeps our youth.
Don’t you ever settle
If someone’s not worth settling for
But neither get too unsettled
In a belief there’s always more.
Just be with the one who makes your heart tick
Makes it come alive
You’ll know it when you see it
Something just feels different inside.
Speak your damn truth
Show your damn heart
And if it doesn’t damn work
Make a new start.
If you love them
Let them know
If they don’t love you
Let them go.
Make the brave decisions
And when they don’t pay off
Be thankful for the life you’re living
And accept all risk comes at a cost.
And while it undoubtedly hurts
Maybe even feels like nothing could hurt worse
In reality what could possibly hurt worse?
Than never knowing if your love could of worked?
So speak your damn truth
Reveal your damn heart
And win or damn lose
It’s still the only move that’s smart.
Some say you’ve got to hide your love away
To hell with that crap
We’re all going out someday
But I ain’t going out like that.
Don’t leave room for regrets
That’s much worse than a cold hard no
Be brave with your heart
And you might just save your soul.
So many give up
Lose themselves in work and other things
But the heart must remain childlike
Do whatever makes it sing.
Keep love in your heart
And it will come again
It’s not a matter of if
I believe it’s just a matter of when.
Never quit on your love
Until your love quits on you
And you’ll leave this world good
No matter what comes through.
I’ll go out looking a fool
The same way I came in
With love there is no cool
And it’s about much more than the win.
So when your love falls apart
Believe, it will come again
And if you can still keep love in your heart
Then you deserve love my friend.
So keep love in your heart
And speak your damn truth
And don’t ever quit on your love
Until your love quits on you.
Speak your damn truth
Reveal your damn heart
And win or damn lose
It’s still the only move that’s smart.
Some say you’ve got to hide your love away
TO HELL WITH THAT CRAP!
We’re all going out someday
DON’T YOU DARE! Go out like that.
© Daniel Breslin
Take A Breath
I go through life
Hurtling at great speeds
I go through life
And life goes through me.
I don’t know,
Where each experience leads
But when it’s getting too much
I just remind myself, to breathe.
Most often things don’t go
The way we want them to
But in that lies the making of the soul
The making of you.
In how you deal with your defeats
How you react when you’re deflated
For life ain’t always sweet
It’ll cheat you, beat you and frustrate you.
But in that remember those who made ya
And remember you’re a child
And it’s alright to lose your way kid
It’s alright to go a little wild.
In fact it’s often those who lose their way
Know the right road when they take it
For they’ve walked paths that have gone astray
And know risk,loss,and what real heartbreak is.
Some people keep themselves in check
Always play it safe
Till they get close to death
And see a lot of waste.
So when you’re feeling quite upset
And you’re getting sick of your mistakes
Why don’t you go out and take a breath
Try feel a little thanks for what’s in place.
Take a look at those who are near you
Who care for you now
And try let loose a little fear from you
BELIEVE! It will all work out somehow.
Things don’t happen for a reason
But you must find your reason in the happening
It’s alright to take some timeout, soul search,
breathe in
Exhale, for eventually we must get back to acting.
This life is where it’s at
Being alive is all there is
So don’t put too much pressure on yourself
There’s enough of that, take a breath, exhale,
live.
Make mistakes
Take a break
Take a breath
Exhale…live.
Feel the weight
Take a break
Take a breath
Exhale…live.
Feel upset
Take a break
Take a breath
Exhale…live.
Accept your place
Feel some thanks
Take a breath
Exhale…live.
Take your time
Calm your mind
Take a breath
Exhale…live.
Let go
What you can’t control
Take a breath
Exhale…live.
Meet what’s inside
When you need to, cry
Take a breath
Exhale…live.
And when your self has been met
Take a step
Take a breath
Exhale
Live!
© Daniel Breslin