I’m feeling love for me
That’s what’s coming through
I got love for me
Have you got love for you?
I look back on my journey
And all I’ve come through
And love for me
Is all I can come to.
I’m resilient
If nothing else
Have adapted many times
And there’s a strength in self.
I’m giving love to me
That’s been long overdue
I got love for me
Have you got love for you?
My heart was waiting on love
While it seems love had started hating on me
So I’m giving love to myself
That didn’t come for me.
The love I deserve
The love you deserve too
Don’t be waiting on others
When they ain’t waiting on you.
We learn from our defeats
We rise each time we fall
We learn from our mistakes
And new breaks call.
Understand we deserve better
And better is what we’ll get
If they feel they can treat you bad
Then there’s better treatment to get.
Put your heart out?
Someone crush it for their pleasure?
Hell no baby!
We deserve much better.
But if we deserve better yet
We got to change our mindset
For the disrespect we get
Is a result of the disrespect we let.
I’m giving love to myself
You giving love to you?
Don’t be waiting on someone else
To give you the love you are due.
You give that love to yourself
And find someone who thinks more of you
And eventually the love you give yourself
Someone will give you more of too.
We ain’t in no panic
We ain’t in no rush
And if they don’t give
Well, then we won’t push.
You give that love to yourself
Be thankful for what you got
For there are folks out there
Remaining happy without a lot.
Give that love to yourself
And share it with each other
Can’t give it to the one you love
Give it to your sisters and your brothers.
You give that love to yourself
Knowing better is what you’re due
And the love that you give
Will soon come back to you.
I got love for me
Have you got love for you?
I’m giving love to me
You give that love to you.
© Daniel Breslin
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Blinded By The Pain
I want different results
So something’s got to change
Thought I was blinded by love
But I was blinded by pain.
Being comforted in pain
Has not been my experience
So no wonder I acted strange
When that could of made an appearance.
I felt I was doing right
Looking out for others
Keeping my pain tight
Out of sight and under covers.
But I was preventing connection
Living through blinded eyes
Making it hard to receive another’s affection
Preventing making what I craved inside.
I was trying to reach out
Something for me in pain that was new
And the second that was questioned
It became almost impossible for me to do.
The language that was needed
Was not one that I possessed
And I was self defeated
In creating my own mess.
Simple words ‘I need you’
Felt nearly impossible for me to say or write
And crazier actions and words came easier
As my needs were caught between pride and
egos fight.
To say the simple words ‘I need you’
Was almost to dissolve all I thought I was or am
As doing it by myself supporting others
Is really all I understand.
That’s the part I’m changing
That’s the flaw I claim
I thought I was hurt by love
But I was blinded by pain.
So how I deal with pain
Has made me lose someone I feel I love
And I can’t afford to let that happen again
So change is a little too late but still
for the good.
I have been meeting others needs
For an extended period of time
Now it’s time to also receive
And allow others to meet mine.
That’s a work in progress
Of myself I’d say the same
As I made a mess of love
Blinded by my pain.
Through my blinded eyes
I caused pain in others
So their wish to hurt me shouldn’t be a surprise
Or the fact they’re happier with other lovers.
The fact I hurt them hurts me
As that was everything I tried not to do
But not to let others in is a strange kind
of vanity
That doesn’t hurt one but hurts two.
They’ve their issues too
So it ain’t all on me
But working on me is all I’ve power to do
So that’s how it’s got to be.
She has long moved on
Time my heart started moving on too
I’ve been blinded by the pain
Creating this painful moment too.
My needs are front in mind
How I meet them, that’s all new
And while with her I’ve ran out of time
Hopefully for me, the same’s not true.
I was blinded by the pain
But I am blinded no more
I was changing for her
But now it’s me I’m changing for.
© 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
What’s The Story Glory?
I’m just driving in my city
Drinking in its sights and sounds
These sights and sounds uplift me
Whenever I’m feeling down.
See a couple with a bottle of whiskey
Sitting on powerscourt steps
With it they take a selfie quickly, making faces
And they laugh themselves to death.
I drive off less than swiftly
With a smile heavy set
It’s hard to know what in the moment hit me
But it hit me in my depth.
I look around me now
Eyes on people having fun
Music in the car kicks in
There’s been a lot of loss, but I'm not done.
Drive by a girl
Pouting, taking selfies
She doesn’t care
Who looks as they pass
And there’s something
In the way, she doesn’t care
Makes me only care
To laugh.
Today was a hard one
Had a few things tearing on my heart
And the way I deal with hard ones
Is drink them in, and plan new starts.
So I’m out looking for love and hope
Any way they will come
And today I got lucky
I’m in Dublin, in the Sun.
This is my city
It courses through my heart and veins
See someone on harder times than me,not all pretty
Find myself wondering his name?
When in his cup someone drops in money
And such a healthy smile back at them he aims
I move my eye back to the road
And feel more than my car switching lanes.
For where there’s life there’s hope
And we can still have gratitude in our pains
And I silently thank that bloke
For the memory my mind now claims.
There’s women lightly dressed
There’s smiles all around
There’s so much life and hope
When Sun shines on my hometown.
Drive down Kevin Street
There’s a group out drinking
Around a table, having chats
Beneath the flats.
Me, I get to thinking
Of my friends
Similar days gone
And how it’s hard to beat times like that
When you’re laughing
In the heat
Among people
Who’ve got your back.
Then I start to thinking about my needs
And how they’re not being met
The life I want to lead
And the life it now seems I need forget.
Maverick Sabre is singing Glory
Tells me keep my head up that I cope
And that song does so much for me
I cherish every word and note.
I put it on repeat and I go driving
Go climbing up them hills
Remind myself that I’m surviving
And it gives me strength of will.
I’m just looking at the blueprints
Redesigning my plans
About what to grip and what to loosen
And what’s actually within my hands.
I can’t live the lives of others
I can’t build a life on only hope
Heartbreak pulls away them covers
And silence treats me like a dope.
I accept the acts of others
Even if their acts don't make me feel good
And must find solace in the fact
I know my acts were out of love.
What’s the story glory?
There’ll be glory yet for me
Like I see in the lives of others
When Sun shines on my city.
Me,
I’m done with surviving
It’s thriving now I seek
Mind, soul and feeling
Are intertwining
While I’m driving
I think they’re aligning,
Could be something defining when they meet.
I rose up out of darkness
I rose up out of pain
I’ll rise up out of heartbreak
I rise and rise again.
What’s the story glory?
There’ll be glory yet for me
Like I see in the lives before me
When Sun shines on my city.
What’s the story glory?
There’ll be glory yet for me
Like I see in the lives before me
When Sun shines on my city.
© Daniel Breslin
Love And Hope
The ones who shine lights
The ones who give hope
The ones who give you tether
When you're at the end of your rope.
The ones who give support
The ones who give you strength
Who move with love as centre source
Good their overall intent.
The ones who lighten days
When your days need lightening up
The ones who clear the haze
When your view needs clearing up.
The ones who make sense of madness
Whose acts of kindness pull you through
Help you live and cope through sadness
Overcome, and approach this world anew.
The ones who live in love
Put a little love in all they do
They’re the ones who give my heart a buzz
And help create the world I want to view.
The ones who give you strength
When this world is feeling tough
Are the ones who seal my intent
Make it easier getting up.
I like to think I live and learn
From those who live in love and hope
They give me strength at every turn
Make it so much easier to cope.
Some say it’s the hope that kills you
But it’s always been hope that’s seen me through
So may you live in love and hope
And may others, find some of their hope in you.
© Daniel Breslin
That’s How It Is
Now she’s been his
Since they were kids
Don’t speak on this
That’s how it is.
But they’re growing up
And things are changing
He sees it all
But he’s not complaining
He keeps it in
As they creep in
Hopes she keeps him
She’s developing
As they take notice
He keeps his focus
But it’s hard to hold it
When you can’t control it
Many souls destroyed
By older boys
Their better toys
And pressured ploys.
But she’s his jewel
But is he her fool
When seen at school
Maybe they seem cool
It’s youths burden
This thing called learning
Hormones yearning
As they itch to further
But she’s been his
Since they were kids
Don’t speak on this
That’s how it is.
© Daniel Breslin