Category Archives: Future

Don’t Give Up Son

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

Light On My Mind

Now I’ve been down in the dark
For what feels a long time
But I got a little spark
In this little heart of mine.
 
So I’m a take this spark
And I’m a make something shine
Got life in my veins
And that life is divine.
 
I’ve walked on dark plains
Had a lot of dark on my mind
But I never lost heart
Just lost a little time.
 
But what’s a little time?
To find peace in your mind?
And with peace in my mind
Won’t be wasting time with those wasting mine.

Few tweaks
In the depths of my mind
Fresh beats
In this deep heart of mine
Light creeps
Through the streets of my mind
Travel through the dark
And it's always light that I find.
 
So much life on my mind
So much light left to shine
From the depths of my mind
So much life to design.

Body maybe little past its prime
In this life that I dine
But something speaks in my mind
‘You haven’t peaked in your time’.
 
Some say my mind’s for the birds
But my heart’s in my words
And they’re both having fun
With this light that has come.
 
I got life in my veins
I got light on my mind
And all that remains
Is the possibility of time. 
 
© Daniel Breslin

We Rebuild You Know

We make mistakes
We learn and grow
Start from the floor
And we rebuild you know.

We move on up
We reclaim ourselves
Learn from the past
Try not to blame ourselves.

We survive together
We stumble through
Strive to do better
When this world humbles you.

We can’t change the past
But we can sure change the future
Learn from our pain
Or the pain remains an abuser.

Let it out
Release the seal
Getting it out
Is the only real way to heal.

We suffer deep cuts
We stumble through
Only fools don’t let
This world humble you.

I’ve been humbled too
So many times
Experienced such deep pain
Felt like I nearly lost my mind.

Tried to keep it in
Project deep strength
That’s what made it worse
Where my energy felt spent.

I’ve embraced the hurt
I’ve ran it through
Put in a lot of work
Now I’m ready to hurt anew.

I’m still learning too
On ways to open up
Ask for help
Deepen trust.

We make mistakes
We learn and grow
Start from the floor
And we rebuild you know.

© Daniel Breslin

Tonight We Dance

Tonight we dance
Tonight we laugh
Tonight we advance
From the past.

Imagine that
On twinkle toes
That we dance away
From misery and woes.

One more beat
One more move
I hear it sweet
I’ve nout to lose.

Only solemn thoughts
And shadow days
I hear that beat
I’m on my way.

What’s that you say?
You want to dance with me?
Then let us dance together
In synchrony, in sympathy?

So sim-p-ly
We move in step
To the symphony
I lose myself.

I lose the weights
I lose my thoughts
In the music’s depth
I get lost.

I rise above
From smaller mind
I fall in love
With a moment in time.

This moment is mine
Its future too
Music hits my spine
And I move anew.

You’re moving too
You move at pace
My spirit lifts
In line with bass.

Look at us
Mere dancing fools
Placing trust
In the composer’s rules.

Where we express ourselves
In our own way
While still giving ourselves
To the music at play.

Can’t always dictate where we go
If we’re to stay in time with the beat
It’s a balance and flow
I’m only happy to keep.

I’ll keep it tonight
I’ll treasure this time
For tonight is ours
And tonight is mine.

Tonight we shine
Tonight we feast
Tonight my mind
Dines with the beat.

I feel a rush
Music comes in waves
Tonight’s for us
Tonight’s to be saved.

The music speaks
The rhythm seeps through
There’s a freedom we meet
In the way that we move.

Tonight we dance
Tonight we laugh
Tonight we advance
From the chains of the past.

Tonight we shine
Tonight we feast
Tonight our minds
Dine with the beat.

© Daniel Breslin

Dancing Out Of Darkness

I’m just dancing out of darkness
Moving toward the light
Trying to put my heart in
Something other than a fight.

I’m just dancing out of hardship
Dancing from the pain
Trying to find joy
In something other than the rain.

For I’ve been dancing in the rain
For what feels a long time
And I’m just dancing out my pain
Trying to clear my mind.

And I’m just trying to clear some space
Fill it up with something new
To give happiness a taste
See where it takes me to.

I’m just trying to let loose my baggage
Leave a little of my past behind
Attack my future like a savage
See what I can find.

I’m just allowing in love
Giving a little of it to my self
For a lot of things ain’t been too good
But I believe that’s something I’m free to help.

I’m just allowing in the moment
I’m allowing in the light
Defeating my biggest opponent
Putting some onus on delight.

Focusing on myself
A little more every day
And I ain’t looking for no one’s help
But I’ll be taking what comes my way.

I’m just dancing out of hardship
Giving myself a little respite
For of course we can’t escape our hardship
So right now, I’m just enjoying the light in sight.

I’m just dancing toward different targets
And my feet are feeling a little light
Hoping they’ve danced some of their hardest
For in their movement something’s starting to feel right.

I’m just dancing out of darkness
Moving toward the light
Taking it step by step
Enjoying this point of life.

© Daniel Breslin

Smiling Under Pressure

This world will kick you when you’re down
Make you feel so bloody small
Some people even kick you when you’re down
Just to make themselves feel tall.

That’s how big they are
How big they’ll always be
To kick you when you are down
View it as opportunity.

Now these people might find it hard
To look you in your eye
When you raise up from the floor
And still flash them a smile.

You don’t need to kick them
No, you don’t need them at all
For you are not the victim
And you are not their ball.

You are something more
You are something better
You raised up from the floor
While lifting off their pressure.

They’d not lend a hand
But to keep you down
And yet there you stand
Smiling, while they try to hide their frown.

These people aren’t your friends
But don’t make them your enemies
Let them be what they pretend
No harm to keep them friendly.

But you live your life for you
And you note, that when you fell
And life was beating you blue
They tried beat you black as well.

People never cease to surprise you
Their selfishness never fails to amaze
From lows let something beautiful rise and rise in you
Till the day you’re lowered in the grave.

For you are something more
For you are something better
You raised up off the floor
Smiling under pressure.

© Daniel Breslin