Wasting time?
Not wasting mine
I’m racing time
Till the end of mine.
I know in the end time will beat me
But don’t want to be spending mine cheaply
Let me have a good time treat me
Be a friend of mine don’t cheat me.
I’ve a hunger in my belly
Can you feed me time tell me?
Time will you befriend me?
Before time, undoubtedly, makes you an enemy.
© Daniel Breslin
I love those old days
Of living it up
Hitting hard some days
Not giving a fuck.
Bunch of messers
Bunch of mad nuts
Those days were precious
Those days were us.
Getting up to madness
Getting up to mischief
There would be sadness
If those days were finished
They’ve calmed a little
No doubting that
But I love the times
We bring the madness back.
Responsibilities now
They can tie me down
Comes to the small session
Not always around
But give me a decent crew
A good excuse
And I’m ready and eager
To fecking let loose.
Bring the old us back
Let rip, a wild session
Laughter, drink , chat
And a shit load of messing
I loved those days
Living life with you
Those days slowly fade
Now and then we renew.
I love moving forward
Love having new goals to attack
Though when won, the best reward
For me, is always, to go a little back.
© Daniel Breslin
I get wary
This one scares me
Start acting contrary
Fear I’m away with the fairies.
I get nervous
Do myself a diservice
As I have to face the question
What if she’s messing?
I’ve to choose a direction
Would she just waste my time?
Would she do the same thing
If she knew the weights on my mind?
What if she’s not?
And I make the wrong call?
Unknowingly risking the lot
I’d never knowingly, ever risk at all.
© Daniel Breslin
There are times
When I am scared of what’s before me.
There are times
When I am scared to ask for help.
There are times
I find everything so boring.
There are times
When all that scares me is myself.
© Daniel Breslin
Raged and raged
Behind the open eye
A war was waged
That let nobody die.
Fighting was hard
Wounds were grave
Nobody died
No one was saved.
Waged without violence
Waged without blood
Waged in silence
Waged in love.
The war does have its victim
It will have its death
But there won’t be a victor
Or record kept.
© Daniel Breslin
They beat us down
And they pull us apart
They tell us now
We shouldn’t trust our hearts.
Tell us how
We can’t escape loves scars
On we plough
With our fate in the stars.
Why should I heed
To what negative voices say?
When my heart leads
I know I must obey.
If love recedes
Let them laugh upon that day
For so many highs I did breathe
When I kneeled, and bowed, to its way.
© Daniel Breslin
When the odds are against you
Your chips are all down
No one else can represent you
And you fear looking a clown.
Palms are sweating
Heart beating so hard
Doubts have you fretting
And your confidence jarred.
You look for support
None comes your way
You’re your own last resort
And it all rests on this play.
Fear has your heart
Doubt has your mind
So similar to start
So overpowering when combined.
You look deep within
For something that’s strong
Only fear has you pinned
And you doubt you belong.
The faces all gather
You hear them all laugh
You struggle to matter
As you question your path.
Your heart’s in a pump
Your hands have the shakes
In your throat there’s a lump
There is so much at stake.
Everything you’ve ever wanted
For it you have worked so hard
Keeping quiet when they taunted
Even when taunts got past your guard.
You believe in yourself
When it seems no one else does
Now, realising it depends on no one else
Gives you an undeniable buzz.
Your life is in your hands
It’s all coming down to you
And how you exert your plans
Could be the making of the two.
It’s now or never
Comes a voice in your mind
You must find your measure
For it’s now you’re defined.
Your breathing is heavy
You try think of a way out
Then your nerves start to steady
For this is what it’s all about.
You must rise to the challenge
For to quit is to die
And even if you fail now
You can hold your head high.
For whether or not you lose
Or it’s your day in the light
Playing is the only option to choose
Because life, is about the fight.
© Daniel Breslin