Shores of Nirvana

VERSE 1
You set out today
To venture the wild
How long it will take
I refuse to ask.
We said our goodbyes
Withdrew all of the tears.
I saw you off
Knowing what you must do.
So searching the world for the answers
You’ve just begun
On a journey full of questions.

VERSE 2
You're bruised and you're cut
But you do continue
To fight for your right
To be who you are.
I yearn to be there
To hold you and mend you
As you struggle
For freedom do save.
Not proving your worth to the father
Fighting through life
On a battlefield unrighteous.

PRECHORUS 1
I know that I can’t be with you
But know that I pray and will not back down

CHORUS
I will wait here on the shores of nirvana
Awaiting your touch
Awaiting your soul.
Here I’ll stand with arms wide open
Ready to welcome you home.

Please come home.

VERSE 3
By you I’ll stand
To be your comforter
Enduring your pain
Kiss away the sweat.
In my embrace
You’ll find sanctuary.
No matter the path
Though rough and narrow
I will be there holding your hand
Have no fear
For here we will defeat the tears.

PRECHORUS 2
Take your time know that I will be here love
God I pray please bring him home safe to me

CHORUS
I will wait here on the shores of nirvana
No matter the time
No matter the cost
Here I’ll stand with arms wide open
Ready to welcome the lost.

Come to me.

BRIDGE
Let me be that inkling at the end of the day
When darkness consumes the sun.

CHORUS
I will wait here on the shores of nirvana
Awaiting your touch
Awaiting your soul.
Here I’ll stand with arms wide open
Ready to welcome you home.
I will wait here on the shores of nirvana
No matter the time
Awaiting your soul.
Here I’ll stand with arms wide open
Ready to welcome you home.
Ready to welcome you home.
I’m ready to welcome you home.
Please come home.
I will wait here on the shores of nirvana
Ready to welcome you….

Tears echo in empty silence

I continue to ask myself, "Why do I keep coming back to this?" and it is the empty silence that answers my question: "You are alone. Yes, you have many friends who treat you well. Yes, you have fun. Yes, you are outgoing and entertaining even to yourself. But, you don't have someone to fill that void that stands hazily next to you. You pretend to ignore the fact that you are lonely. You pretend that you are independent enough to not have someone in your life. But a haze cannot wipe away the tears; it can't give you a hug when you need one; it cannot laugh with you; it can't tell you that you're beautiful. That is why you continue to return to this. You want these things. But don't get so caught up in finding someone that it engulfs your being. For it is then that you know it is not a man you need to find but rather yourself." Upon hearing this echo through the empty abyss, repeating over and over the words I know to be true, I cry for the silence knows me far too well.