1000 Years
A thousand years won’t dry the tears we cried for you that day
From sleep we woke, our dreams were broke and you were far away
Your smiling face, a warm embrace, a treasured daily meeting
These memories live on
In our hearts and in song
Your life was all too fleeting
Written by: Paul O’Brien
Flashes & Dust
40 years of your life we remember in flashes
Your tormented soul now reduced to mere ashes
You were hurting so bad you did what you must
Now all we have left is memories and dust
Be free in your next life and see us at will
We’ll wait every day and night time until
We join you again and we’ll be together
And then that will be forever and ever.
Written by: Paul O’Brien
The Island
I was a lonely island with rough seas all about
No airstrip to let people in and no harbour from which to get out
Storms pounded my shores and crops failed on my land
A broken boat with no oars, no escape could be planned
Years pass like hours and hours pass like seconds
No birds and no flowers, what is it that beckons?
I rumble and shudder then explode till it deafens
Every part is thrust upwards ‘til it reaches the heavens
No more jagged rocks, no more frozen peaks
No more icy streams, no more stagnant creeks
The sea rushes in and I’m washed from the maps
I don’t leave a trace, nor leave any tracks
Now I am everywhere, wherever you look
Like notes in a song and words in a book
I am blown in the wind and I sparkle in sunlight
I drift on the sea and I twinkle in moonlight
I’m in every corner and on every shore
I’m in time and space and right at your door
I was a lonely island, but not anymore.
Written by: Paul O’Brien
If Only……
Once when I was lonely, I’d ask myself; if only….
If only I’d been more courageous and asked you to be with me
Just what would you have said and what would your answer have been?
If only I’d been more courageous and asked you to share my life
If only I’d been more courageous and asked you to be my wife
If only I’d been more courageous and asked you to marry me
If only I’d given you the chance to see what your answer might be
If only I’d been more courageous we could have travelled around the world
If only I’d been more courageous we could have had a baby boy or a girl
If only those two little words had never been put side by side
If only those two little words had been kept far apart right out wide
I wouldn’t have asked these questions and you could have been my bride
And I’d now be replacing ‘if only’ with a family, with love and with pride
But now it’s too late, I can’t go back
If only I’d stayed alive…..
Written by: Paul O’Brien
I Haven’t Gone
Don’t be sad I haven’t gone I’m just not here anymore
I can’t explain but I’ve lost the pain and I’m totally restored
I took a chance, a leap of faith and I’m better than I was before
Remember that and don’t look back that’s all I ask, no more
I’m always with you and time will show that I never closed that door
So don’t be sad I haven’t gone I’m just not here anymore
Written by: Paul O’Brien
Life’s Journey
We’re born to live, we’re born to try
We learn to laugh, we learn cry
We’re taught to be truthful – not to lie
We live, we love, we live, we die
Without mortal frame, the spirit flies
Above and beyond all land seas and skies
And through all this, no questions arise
It’s all meant to be, no where’s and no why’s
The mist of time clears to reveal things so bright
A perfect place shines out through the night
With colours so vivid and the whitest of white
The widest wide spaces and the highest of height
Everyone’s there but there are no people
No possessions, no objects, no bad and no evil
Time to relax and be ever so peaceful
Immersed in this tranquil and beautiful sequel
I know you’re there now looking right down on me
You’re at peace at last where you wanted to be
Written by: Paul O’Brien
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