Stormy Weather

Raining
Originally uploaded by Enduring Tempest.

Lightning strikes a black sky
While rain falls mockingly
In a torrential storm that
Consumes the heart
And defies Southern California
Weather patterns.

Copyright 2005 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.

Sleep

sleep
Originally uploaded by Enduring Tempest.

Turn out the lights
As my lids gently close
Wrap me into bed
Where a thousand sweet thoughts
Run themselves through dreams
And reality is suspended
If only for a few hours
While I sleep soundly.

Copyright 2005 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.

Up in Smoke

Our lives are going up in smoke.

Smoking
Originally uploaded by Enduring Tempest.

A pack-a-day habit we can't escape
Starves our lungs of oxygen
While filling our brains with pleasure.

The world is going up in smoke.

oil_fire
Originally uploaded by Enduring Tempest.

Dependency on fossil fuels
Depleting natural resources
Wearing holes in the ozone and toxifying atmosphere.

Our planet is going up in smoke.

smoke
Originally uploaded by Enduring Tempest.

Emmissions and global warming
Tobacco and lung cancer
Deception fueling self-destruction.

Copyright 2005 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.

Dark Stranger

Stranger
Originally uploaded by Enduring Tempest.

You're sitting in the shade
Reading carelessly
Lost and absorbed in the world
In which only the story exists.

Who are you, dark stranger?
Why am I drawn to your
Unkempt curls
And Intelectual demeanor?

You're lying by a tree
Conversing Intently
Arguing passionately
For the beliefs you hold.

Who are you, dark stranger?
What mystery do you conceal
Beneath the baseball cap
You wear with easy elegance?

You're walking alone
Journeying purposefully
To a destination unknown
Seeking verification from the world.

Who are you, dark stranger?
What secrets do you hide
Behind the anti-social facade
You disguse yourself in?

Copyright 2005 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.

Prayer for Intervention

Prayer
Originally uploaded by Enduring Tempest.

I'm loosing my footing
On the cliff you had me climb alone
And now I'm standing on the edge
Waiting for you to keep your word.
I know you're there
And now I'm praying for intervention
Will you listen this time?

I wear my heart on my sleeve
Keep my feelings on the table
And now I wish I could conceal
All the hopes I had for the future.
I know you can hear
My prayer for intervention
Will you listen this time?

I'm fumbling through
This maze you stuck me in
And now I wish I'd asked
For the map ahead of time.
I know you can see me
Alone and praying for intervention
Will you help this time?

Copyright 2005 by Danielle Westman. All rights Reserved.

Will You?

On a cold January morning
I know that what I have won't sustain me
And though we're friends
We could be so much more if you'd just try
I know there's more
That you're not telling me
Because you're afraid of what could be
But will you be brave and face the facts
That appear to me so obvious
And turn your fears over to trust the love?

I know that I might self-destruct
And turn this body into dust
Become the ghost the haunts your everything
So will you come and rescue me
From all the lonely suffering
And take away the doubts within my mind?
And will you give me the wings I need
To jump off of this cliff and be
The person that I know I am inside?

Will you?

You know you're lonely
And aching for the love you know you need
But will you take the risk
Of having your heart broken yet again?
You know there's more
Than just the two of us
Alone and waiting on a miracle
There can be more
Than the restlessness at night
And I know we can be all we're waiting for

I know that I might self-destruct
And turn this body into dust
Become the ghost the haunts your everything
So will you come and rescue me
From all the lonely suffering
And take away the doubts within my mind?
And will you give me the wings I need
To jump off of this cliff and be
The person that I know I am inside?

Will you see the light at the end of the road
And disregard the omens that forbode
What we have together now?
Will you be the love that will end it for me
Create the light so that I can finally see
And will you be happy now?

You know there's more
Than just the two of us
Alone and waiting on a miracle
There can be more
Than the emptiness inside
And I know we can be all we're waiting for

So will you come and rescue me
From all the lonely suffering
And take away the doubts within my mind?
And will you give me the wings I need
To jump off of this cliff and be
The person that I know I am inside?

Will You?

Copyright 2005 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.

The First Mistake

It was working fine between us
Interest was mutual
But then I pushed just a little too hard
And apparently I asked too much
So that interest you had in me
Was locked inside you
Never to be acknowledged again.

This all unfolded with clarity
to eyes unblinded by what could be
But all my plans and dreams suddenly went awry
And though I knew it wouldn't work out
I felt a compelling need to have you back
Though in reality I never had you at all.

That was the first mistake.

We tried to pretend it hadn't happened at all
We tried to go back to "just friends"
But I knew that wasn't what I wanted
And I worked tirelesly to make you realize it too
In my eyes my plan was going swimmingly
and the final stages were underway
But when she sat on your lap I couldn't look at you.

And then I knew that your excuses were jut that
An excuse but not a fact
Because you'd chosen her while telling me
"I can't get involved right now"
And now in my mind I add what you should have said
That day you should have added "with you" to the end.

Lying was your first mistake.

Copyright 2006 by Danielle Westman. All rights Reserved.