Concrete Thieves

You've wasted away
half of you is gone
your baby blues
seem wrong
The man I knew
is a shadow
a spectre
Who, who are you?
You were wild and free
running in the trees
Now steal and glass
and concrete thieves
collect your bones
off the pavement steps
Who, who are you?
I recall the ways you made me smile
my sunny summer boy
your words brought me up a while
in joy
I could always count on you to show the bright side
but now it's over
in cigarettes and steal
City lights replaced the stars
and buildings replaced your trees with cars
where are your kitty cats and garden gnomes now?
Your baby blues seem wrong and
you don't seem so strong
I guess the city ate away at you
So much for that
I guess I've said my goodbye to you

by Elizabeth Azpurua

Remind Yourself What's Important

“Miracle Kisses”

She goes on every day like a champion

Ever brave, ever strong, his companion

She’s a wreck inside though every time the door closes

Will he walk back through again?

Just a kiss that signals goodbye

Full of love holding every reason why

He’s a hero full of pride and everything this country cherishes

But she’s weak kneed every single night

As she’s praying that he’ll be alright

As a hero in another distant place

She is waiting just to see his face

Every hello kiss is a miracle

And she prays to God that she’ll have more

Every goodbye kiss is an anchor

Weighing on her until he comes back home

This is for every woman holding to faith

That her only love will return home safe

She’s a beacon for everyone who needs to see courage shine

A reality etched in a country’s pride

With a kiss that signals goodbye

Full of love holding every reason why

And every day that passes she is holding hope and she’s divine

But she’s weak kneed every single night

As she’s praying that he’ll be alright

As a hero in another distant place

She is waiting just to see his face

Every hello kiss is a miracle

And she prays to God that she’ll have more

Every goodbye kiss is an anchor

Weighing on her until he comes back home

She’s a warrior in the strength of loss

Her bitter burdens that become her cross

She will bear them just to bring him home

Hold him close once more, not want to let him go

She goes on every day like a champion

Ever brave, ever strong, his companion

She’s a wreck inside though every time the door closes

Will he walk back through again?

So she’s weak kneed every single night

As she’s praying that he’ll be alright

As a hero in another distant place

She is waiting just to see his face

Every hello kiss is a miracle

And she prays to God that she’ll have more

Every goodbye kiss is an anchor

Weighing on her until he comes back home

A kiss to bring him back home

Bring him back home

By Elizabeth Azpurua

1/17/11

Goodbye Wayfarer

"Wayfarer"


Wandering like a wayfarer
I seek you out,
I search about
Whimpering inside of me
asking
Where are you?
Traveling, I'm the wayfarer
I need you now
so I search around
Whispering hopes in me
Liberating
just to find you
I become the wayfarer
Seeking you out
Still looking now
Wishing here inside of me
Coalescing
now with you
now with you
I found you


8/21/10


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"No Goodbye"


Hello, goodbye
nothing inbetween?
Where are the times
and what does this mean?
Why have you gone without
a goodbye?
Why am I left asking empty air why?
Hello, farewell
no more to say
What ever happend to us
and why did it happen this way?
What made you leave giving
no farewell?
Left with this empty air feeling like hell
I ask
hello? goodbye?
no farewells and no hi's
and where have you gone?
Where did we go wrong?
Hello, goodbye
no more to say
Whatever happened to us
and what made it all this way?
What made you leave
giving no farewell?
Come back to me so we can end this right
...in a goodbye


8/21/10

By Elizabeth A

Unnecessary Death Of Us

I can't stand this anymore

it's like a bloody tug-o-war

and unleashed upon my broken heart

this rain

I can't fight you anymore

or claim I've known who it's for

this tangled web is a woven mess

of pain

So just go away

I am turning the other way

Somewhere far from you

Where I can breathe without breathing for you

Where I can think without thinking of you

Where we can bleed without bleeding out

for death

Somewhere far from you

Where I can live without living for you

Where I can give my heart without holding you

Where I can jump without jumping down for you

to this death

I won't do this anymore

I am not your toy tossed on the floor

so let go of this broken mess and let me

get away

I can't hold you anymore

or think to myself it's been done before

I'm throwing the keys away and let me

runaway

I am leaving now, so goodbye

I turned away with one final cry

Going now, somewhere far from you

Where I can breathe without breathing for you

Where I can think without thinking of you

Where we can bleed without bleeding out

for death

Somewhere far from you

Where I can live without living for you

Where I can give my heart without holding you

Where I can jump without jumping down for you

to this death

This unnecessary death of us

I can't fight you off anymore

I am turning here to shut this door

and try to put me back together after all

this rain

I won't do this anymore

this stupid endless tug-o-war

I am pushing this all aside and letting it go

goodbye pain

And I'm sailing away

Getting so far away

Somewhere far from you

Where I can breathe without breathing for you

Where I can think without thinking of you

Where we can bleed without bleeding out

for death

Somewhere far from you

Where I can live without living for you

Where I can give my heart without holding you

Where I can jump without jumping down for you

to this death

This unnecessary death of us

Sorry, I won't let you be the death of us

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye now

By: Elizabeth Azpurua

Airplane

She was going to take an airplane

to change her future

and to lift her heart on wings

She was going to take an airplane

to right a wrong

and to allow her heart to sing

But planes can go up in flames

just like love built upon lies

She was going to take an airplane

to make music in her head

and to let her heart carry her to peace

She was going to take an airplane

to fight away the frowns

and to let her heart and love be at ease

But planes can go up in flames

just like love built upon lies

Every coin, penny, nickel and dime

set aside for a fancy plane ride

to end her troubles and woes

and take away the sorrows

Every coin, penny, nickel and dime

spent elsewhere because that plane ride

never happened, never flew, never left

because hopes come and go for what's best

Planes can go up in flames

just like love built upon lies

She was going to take an airplane

and she was dreaming of the coast

and dreaming of the hope

never wanting to let go

She was going to take an airplane

and she was reaching out to hope

so she could wake up and she'd know

but now she'll never, ever go

now she'll never, ever know

Planes go up in flames

like love built on lies

Watch them fly away

and wave and say goodbye

 

by elizabeth azpurua orginally written on 2/10/10