The stranger within

Sometimes I lie awake and wonder How did I give you so much power How have I let you cause me so much pain It's what inside that counts I may have nothing but who I am inside is more than enough It's time that I forgive myself for giving you this power So I can forgive you So I can move on

I forgot what a lingering kiss felt like Until you kissed me last night I forgot what a sensual touch was Until you touched me last night I forgot what it felt like to be loved Until you held me last night

...often make your day! So pull a face and smile all the way!

"If you send this on to 20 people you will be blessed" Seriously? Since when has it become ok to chain mail religion? Was there not a time when religion was a respected thing and now you have fan pages of the church on facebook, constant chain mails of your prayers being answered if you hit forward. Seriously? And here I was thinking that it was between me and my maker the prayer thing, now they tell me I need to spam your inbox in order to get my prayers answered. Send me a joke to my inbox, yes please. Something to put a smile on my face and make my day a little brighter. But please stop chain mailing me to heaven!

It's the distance that makes me mad It's being far apart that makes it hard It's never knowing how you are I've tried to leave I've tried to go I've taken a step And stood very still The grass is not greener on the other side I stand still and breathe...

I sit here in silent pain Crying and dying inside I know you don't love me And yet with you I want to be I sit in the dark Too afraid to stand in the light Afraid to see the flaws that you so often see in me And yet with you I want to be A flower dies when you don't give it any water I died because you didn't give me any love, any romance I died because you didn't care

So as the very consumer driven Valentines Day edges closer and closer on my calendar, I sit and smile to myself. I think it's great to have an entire day dedicated to L-O-V-E. For the emotionally stunted, it's a great day to make an attempt at showing there's a heart in there...For those that think our great planet will stop revolving completely should they utter the words, here's a hint; Try it on this day! For those that think they're too good to say I love you, start wondering who will be around you when you're old and alone. So on this day, the day dedicated to LOVE, the most important emotion (let's face it, it's the only emotion that has a day dedicated to it) tell the person you love how you feel. Make it a day they will always remember and never forget because you never know if they'll still be there next year. So shout it out loud...whisper it in their ear...send it as an sms...put it on their Facebook wall...but don't let the day pass w