WHAT DO YOU SEE IN ME?

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN ME?

A woman that won’t conform

A woman that won’t give a damn

A woman that’ll do what she wants

A woman that’ll jump ship when all goes wrong

A woman that’ll beat her own drum

Drum, drum

Bang, bang

Slam, slam

A woman that’ll blow her own trumpet

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

A woman that’ll strut her stuff

Pout her mouth

At you, at you

Guess what?

She’s a woman born free

Free, free

Spirited, spirited

Hoist her sails

Whether you like it or not

I’m not proud

But boy oh boy I can be loud!

If you want to sail this ship

Right from your hip

Then come on by

And say hi

And maybe, just maybe

We’ll get on just fine

Will we wine and dine?

Then hopefully be mine?

Maybe over time

Year after year

There has been manier tear

I’ve sailed the many oceans

North and south

East and west

But every sail billowed

With emptiness

Emptiness

Emptiness

Unhappiness

The decks sparse

Oh come on babe lets sail away

Escape, escape

Escapade

Escapade

I miss you

Miss you much

Miss your touch

I’m out of control

Out of control

Come and take this helm

Steer me in the right direction

Can we dive into each other’s oceans?

Sail off into those wide blue oceans

Where we’ll never come back

We’ll give each other some slack

We’ll pout

We’ll shout

We’ll see who we are

Sail so far

I’ll see who you are!

We’ll see what we are made of

We’ll watch the birds above

We’ll cling to each other

Through the rocking, rolling waves

So come on over

And tame this bird

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

18^th December 2015

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THIS LOVE SCARES ME SO

THIS LOVE SCARES ME SO

I’m in too deep

But I want to keep you

Never leave you

Yet I want to walk away

Away, away

I was once a silhouette

Walking in the shadows

The dark, dark shadows

Nothing real

Nothing surreal

I used to turn away

At lovers walking by

Hand in hand

Looking at each other lovingly

A woman and a man

Oh how I coveted

Wanting, needing

Needing, wanting

A man of my own

Walking hand in hand

I listened to love songs

Sobbing, weeping

Wishing, dreaming

That was me with my man

Just you and I

Me and you

Then you came

Out of nowhere

Like a maelstrom

Wondering, pondering

Why did you take so long!

Believing it would never happen

And here you are!

My dream, my wish

Yet I am so, so scared

It’s a pure love is ours

A love untainted

I cannot resist

I’m listening to reasons

The logical, the feelings

I’m closing my eyes

Then I open them

And you are still here by my side

Where I always want you to reside

This new love is bliss

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Singing, singing

Shouting out loud

That I must listen to love

My open heart

I must listen to love

This sweet, sweet love

This deep, deep love

This gentle, gentle love

Turning my world around

This heart goes out to you

Pounding, beating

Softly, gently

And my tears keep pouring

Pouring in happiness

And here we are

Crossing this bridge

A new bridge

A new beginning

In the lashing rain

Forgetting all my pain

Where there was nothing to gain

And this where I keep your heart

Where I’ll never let you go

Listening to my intuition

Singing a happy song

Yet this love scares me so 

Yet I love you in the here and now

Whatever the weather

Your love is brighter than the shining stars

Whatever the future holds

I’m holding onto the here and now

This love scares me so

But I’ll never let you go

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

17^th December 2015

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I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE

 I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE

So stop walking through my door

It’s time for you to leave me

I’m stronger now

I’m not the weakling anymore

I don’t need your advice

I’m past those weak, weak moments

I can handle my own affairs

Oh and by the way with such flair

This is my home not yours

The invitation was and still is rescinded

You may say

“I still care”

Okay I totally agree with you there

But why oh why

Keeping coming by?

Do you not realize?

There was a time I kept looking

Watching and looking at you

Deep within I found it to be a wonderful distraction

But now! With you watching me

It is now disturbing

You watch every step that I make

My every waking moment

Please come on I have stopped

What do you see in me?

Are you full of envy?

Just take a long, long look

The woman you see before you

Is so, so true to herself!

There is now serenity!

She is holding her own

Time is on my side

Like it is with you!

You have your own crowning successes

And in time so will mine

We move in different circles

Yours in the acting

Mine in the writing

You may say they are connected

But your world is not for me!

And please, please stay out of mine

My circle is complete

Completed, completion

I’m forward thinking and in motion

Like a runaway train

But I have control

And what is more is I love it!

No machines breaking down

The wheels are in motion

Oiled and greased

There is no stopping me!

This is making me happy!

Take a long, long look

And remember what you took!

You’ll never be able to hide

It’ll always reside

Reside in those recesses

Of your mind

But I guess you don’t have conscious

And I just don’t need you anymore

My ship is a sailing upon the shores

Heading in a direction for evermore

So this is a final

Finality

The curtain of this play

Has been drawn to a close

Drawn by me

And not you

Because I don’t need you anymore

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

16^th December 2015

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THE UGLY SIDE OF LOVE

THE UGLY SIDE OF LOVE

Lost in a world of fantasies

Fantasies, fantasies!

A world full of love and doom

The gloom in this room

Love, love

Oh love me please?

Lost in a world of falsies

Trapped, entrapped 

In this ugly side of love

The walls feel like a prison

Imprisoned

Imprisoned

I cannot reach out to you!

You’ve built these walls

I can escape

There is a shaft of light

To my right

What are you scared of?

Laying those feeling so bare

Bare, bare, bare!

What are you waiting for?

I’ve laid those, these feelings bare

Naked, naked

What is it that you cannot bear?

Can you not see that I care!

Care, care

Love is not ugly

But it is to you

You do not feel safe

You keep yourself locked

Do you know how it feels?

I feel so cold

Shivering, quivering

In my nakedness

Wanting, needing you to come out of the darkness

You’re living in a world of fantasies

Where there is no truth, trust, honesty

You’re not listening!

You’re the one floating on air

Without a care

This heart is heavy

Heavy, heavy

Please come and free me

From these burdensome walls

I don’t want to make it on my own

This heart wants to be owned

Owned by you!

And only you alone

Free me, free me

Free yourself

Free yourself

Free yourself from the shackles

Free yourself from those walls

Love is not ugly

Love is beautiful

Love is wondrous

Love can be complicated

But love can be serene

Serene between two

Come into my world that is so true

True, true

Love can be bitter sweet

Yet so sweet, sweet

I’ll keep pushing these walls

That is so tall

And boy oh boy it is up to you

The love is here

The love is here

Here for you always

Day in

Day out

Come rain or shine

This girl wants, needs you to be mine

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

14^th December 2015

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