Maybe I'm a little bit drunk tonight
Or maybe I'm just nostalgic, right?
Nothing has ever been black and white,
But once upon a time, you were my knight.
Two years, four years, six years ago:
We were young and didn't know
Where at all this... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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I’m just trying to be a daughter
To a father and my mum,
Be a sister to their children,
Something to everyone.
Up and fighting so that they’ll see
That the Bible tells the truth.
Yeah, we’re built up for success
If we follow what is true!
... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 11 Views added 2 years ago
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Who know missing somebody so bad would feel like...
It's physically hurting in your chest?
Half your heart is gone?
There's a whole being torn in my soul?
That's only part of what it's like missing... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 16 Views added 2 years ago
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Drowning far from shore...
No savior in my frantic sight.
People always asking for more...
Numb to the constant absence of light.
High off love and drunk on pain:
Eyes heavy from sleepless teary-eyed nights.
The lid of my coffin finally... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Dear Aunt Shannon,
You left us just this morn.
Just found out you're gone,
I don't know how, for you, to... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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Military conquest,
Who's best of the best?
Battles for power
At every hour,
Behind enemy lines
You're running out of time.
Hold your rifle true and steady,
The situation may be deadly.
War, 'tis never a pretty thing,
Yet in politics 'tis only a game... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 41 Views added 3 years ago
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Twas nigh on September's beginning
When a man in the back, seven times was shot.
Racial injustice, in the streets, they did cry,
For an armed criminal wanted by law and by... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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I saw the flag pass by one day.
It tumbled in the breeze.
Two young soldiers corrected it,
And then they stood as... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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Whether or not you lead,
Remember these qualities
For they'll help you on life's roads
Starting with... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Twenty-two hours does strike,
And my bed to me does beckon and call.
Much sleep my body does... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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The sun's golden beauty on a warm summer's eve
Shines upon us all, on the burdened and the free.
As an infant, so tender, to its mother does cleave,
Maybe soon, the world's beauty, you'll begin to... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 17 Views added 3 years ago
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Bittersweet tears long to be shed,
And soon like a storm, they'll come in torrents.
My heart, it cries, "Please let me free!
For only then will you know any... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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Washing and drying all day long,
From dawn 'til dusk, hear the maiden's song
Peace and rest, for her, is a bittersweet... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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War, what is it good for?
Pitting nation against nation,
Leaving folk dead, ill, and sore,
Aye! It tears our peace away!
The cold hard truth, Alas!
Everything in war is rationed.
Soldiers on the frontlines have no... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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My love, whom I haven't seen in nearly a year,
As I write, I begin to weep many a bitter tear.
Like a river dried up, nevermore... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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In a land far away lived a cobbler's daughter
Who stared out the window all day long.
She denied to all she was born a fair leader,
But many who saw her saw her as a leader... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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There once was a man who they say was born to lead
But when the time came, he told them no.
Many, to him, began to beg and to plead
Saying they'd follow wherever he'd... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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The dark seeps in, creeping and cold.
In its depths, monsters lurk, not so bold.
When life's answers we seek,
The monsters run forth in an attempt to speak,
But when the light beyond the cave we... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Red hair, dark green eyes;
She stole my heart like a vixen in the night.
Brown eyes, auburn hair,
That's the guy for whom she does... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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They say to live with no regrets,
That someday, you'll have to choose
Whether or not to take all Life's bets
And what you've got to lose.
Since when He came and died for me,
He's heard every tear I’ve cried.
When I reach eternity,
My soul will not... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Master, I don't deserve this grace.
I never did anything for You.
Out in this world, I've been so lost,
Until I found Your Word, so true.
You sent Your messenger over to me
To tell me I was truly loved;
Told me I could live for eternity
If I'd just... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 20 Views added 3 years ago
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Father, don't You know that I'm terrified?
I don't know where life is taking me.
My future, it's always on my mind
As it spans out like an... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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They say that in Heaven, there are streets of gold.
Where do I start when listening to stories of old?
Where do I go when peace and solace I need?
Can one find me when I'm in a land of noble deeds?
Heaven, they say is not of this world down here
Yet... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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I see the stars tonight.
Man, yeah, they're shining bright.
I can't do nothing but admire their beauty
As little specks that dot the sky look so free.
Aye, I see how they twinkle on high
Yet they twinkle beyond the reach of space and... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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When I wake in the night,
I know You're there. You're my light.
Help me always to... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Where there is love
The heart is light.
Where there's faith and hope,
The day is... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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What else is new
Besides the dawning day?
What else is new
When you say I'm in the way?
Maybe I can't see the truth,
What I'm supposed to do.
So give me a shot in the dark
Meet me in the moonlight.
Tell me that you want to stroll in the park,
That... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 3 Views added 3 years ago
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They said it was young love,
That it was as fleeting as the wind.
I told them they were wrong,
That they would see it last.
They laughed and jeered, never quite untrue.
Looking back, I see it was simply that,
It was young... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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I feel so full of rage,
Can't nothing control it!
I dig down deep inside
Praying for escape.
I feel the lava flow,
I feel the fire's flame.
I feel it in my heart,
I know it's burnt my... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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I remember the way you used to smile
Before Death had its grip on you.
I remember your laugh,
The way it cheered me... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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I see the crescent moon shining bright tonight,
Shining bright all my life.
It takes me back to another time and... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 2 Views added 3 years ago
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They told me not to listen to the voices in my head!
What am I supposed to do when they follow me to bed?
Cause, "Kill! Kill! Kill!" is what they scream,
But man, I know, that's not just what they mean.
I hear them scream, them screaming... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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The moon, she dazzles bright tonight
For her date as clouds are running by.
The breeze is cooling off my heated skin
And it feels that the stars are watching me again.
The choir of crickets, they're singing alto;
Cicadas all sing... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 16 Views added 3 years ago
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A hurricane went through her soul,
tore her heart apart.
Fragile pieces that once made her whole,
were held together by glue.
The sea tried to claim her,
the sun didn't dare touch.
In the end, she was taken by Winter
as he called the sea... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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If I find out you’re stalking me,
It ain’t gonna be real pretty.
You’re gonna find out what I’m made of,
and for you, Boy, it sure ain’t... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Can’t I just step up and save the day?
No-one really thought me a hero anyway.
There’s secrets I’d take with me to the grave
And even in death, my face would not... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 26 Views added 3 years ago
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October is... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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I see the clouds and the darkness within.
I see the moon and its pearly whiteness.
Man, they say everything will be alright.
But how much of those truths are really... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 8 Views added 3 years ago
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Once upon a time, somebody asked me,
“What are you running from in life?”
I told them, “Oh, it’s nothing,
Nothing but hatred and strife.”
They told me all of my problems
Could be solved in this little black Book.
I didn’t believe what I was hearing,... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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It was the fourteenth of that April,
Saw you running to the road’s end.
You only gave your first name
And I was in over my head.
Boy, I tried to guess at your last name.
For two years, man, I tried so hard.
Once, I swore never again to love,
But now... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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Snow drifts all around.
My lonely heart makes a roll call.
I think I see your face around town,
But you’re not there if I... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 1 View added 3 years ago
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Moving on...Why's it got to be so hard?
A broken heart is like losing both arms.
Broken picture frames on the wall.
Dark bruises on a soul that used to stand tall.
Bidding Godspeed with final goodbyes;
Another piece of shattered heart shrivels and... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 13 Views added 3 years ago
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Liebling, stop, and smell the roses.
Don't go through life so fast.
It's been three years: how I miss you so!
Your face and memories are fading into the... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 18 Views added 3 years ago
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Love's like a game of ball.
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose.
But when and where you fall
You may not be able to choose.
Whether in the hallways of your first highschool
Where he uses and abuses your heart like a tool
Or in a... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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I loved him without a shadow of a doubt
And he was the one my heart and soul craved.
The day he tore my heart out,
Was the day I thought he dug his own... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 10 Views added 3 years ago
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I communed with the devil and talked to God.
I walked with the sinners: ran where angels trod.
I've been through a Hell down here on this earth.
When I get to Heaven, it'll be a new... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 15 Views added 3 years ago
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Death's grip never lessens.
Those left behind forever mourn the dead.
Let this pen be my needle
And these words of ink forever be my... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 21 Views added 3 years ago
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Love's a lot like a game of basketball.
You dribble. You aim. You shoot. You fall.
You pick up the pieces and try again
Because all that matters is the end.
Every little shot, every single aim
Is another step towards a... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 386 Views added 3 years ago
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Sunshine. Rainfall. Storm.
What's new?? What's the norm?
Let the God-honest truth be told.
Let God's saints be... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 5 Views added 3 years ago
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Civil war looms on the horizon.
Brother against brother, friend against friend.
Saints get together, best start prayin'
Before America meets a horrid... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 9 Views added 3 years ago
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He left for the Army
Straight out of school.
Don't let your heart go marching.
Brain, lay down the rules.
Present ever is the darkness
That consumes the heart and soul.
Soldiers, heed your ranks,
Keep your spirits... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 4 Views added 3 years ago
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I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze;
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform,
So young, so tall, so proud;
With hair cut square and eyes alert,
He’d stand out in any... – by Kelly Strong | 1,103 Views added 3 years ago
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" 'Twas dark and stormy mi amigo
When yonder lass wanted a home.
You turned her away from your door,
Sent her shivering body back into the... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 12 Views added 3 years ago
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Grief-stricken and grief-ridden
And people think I'm fine.
Cousin, why'd you have to go
When you were only seventeen?
Those memories we shared
Those years ago in time.
People think I've forgot
But you've stayed in my... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 33 Views added 3 years ago
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I feel like I'm just sinking
Deep into a hole I never saw.
A piercing cry for help;
Nobody hears me yelling, no one at all.
I feel like I'm just... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Depression, you come so suddenly!
You're so unwanted here!
Yet, I don't know what to do
Except go to my knees in... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 60 Views added 3 years ago
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Love, life, family, and faith;
Everything needed to run this race.
Memories gained, memories lost;
Lessons learned and lessons forgot.
Lover's heart, traveler's mind,
Always there, always kind.
Email or a phone call away,
From my heart, they'll... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 22 Views added 3 years ago
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I lay in bed as I try not to cry
Watching as the hours tick by.
When under the covers of my blankets
I feel I just might make it.
When I fall into my darkest hours,
All I want to do is cower.
Give me the strength of Earth's rushing... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 20 Views added 3 years ago
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You know I loved you, Boy
But ya played me like a fiddle.
For you, I was a toy,
The answer to some new riddle.
Bets on me, you have made
But you have no second time.
I hope all those bets you have paid,
Be it a million or a... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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Dashed upon the rocks,
drowning far from sea,
America's unheard million
make their silent plea.
A needle's in his arm.
He's shooting up another line.
Just to escape the pain,
he's always living for another... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 26 Views added 3 years ago
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How do you heal from a broken heart
When your whole world just fell apart?
Just can't keep the tears from flowing
When thinking of what could've been.
They say I'm better off without him
And I know it's true when I look... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 33 Views added 3 years ago
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How can life move on
When the innocent one dies?
How can life move on
When the world is full of lies?
How does one know right from wrong
And know to severe bad ties?
How do loved ones get along
When they have to say their last... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 7 Views added 3 years ago
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When we're apart, mi amour,
My longing heart is torn.
I feel so lost and alone,
But with you, I'm at home.
In the dark, you are my light.
With you, all seems... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 6 Views added 3 years ago
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Waxing half-moon overhead
And not a cloud dances in the sky.
As many get ready for bed,
I bet almost none watch the moon float by.
Way out in the countryside,
Two sway under the moonlight
To a tune, only a lover's heart can... – by Cheyenne Seaman | 11 Views added 3 years ago
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