Happiness comes from within. It’s like a ray of sunshine shooting through the window on a nice day. It’s warmth makes you smile and gives you hope. Yes, sometimes the clouds get in the way. Yes, some days it has to rain. But sometimes there’s a rainbow – and then you get hope again. Happiness comes from within; so let it warm you on a nice day and let yourself hope when it’s cloudy.
Where did I go wrong?
I replay the moments in my mind.
I scared you off –
Let’s go back in time.
Please, not you.
Don’t run away – stay and fight.
You’re the only one I want this with!
Please God, make this right.
– DLM 3/28/16
They say time heals everything – I’m still waiting.
They say good things come to those who wait – yet here I am feeling the same.
They say what’s meant to be will find a way – no one is searching for the path to me.
They say travel the road less taken – I’m stuck here again on this dead end.
They say go after the things you want in life –
But what are you supposed to do,
when the things you want don’t want you?
– DLM, 2014
She held on tightly
As you slowly let her go
She told you her feelings
You wouldn’t let her know
She kept trying
Holding so tight you slipped away
She went on crying
Only hoping you would stay
She felt empty
As you went on having fun
Her world was ending
As you felt yours had just begun
She kept thinking
Was she just another mistake?
She went on crying
Knowing her wake up call was too late
She held hope
Thinking you’d realize your loss
Her heart was breaking
Not knowing all was lost
She prayed you’d change
Beg for forgiveness from her
She went on crying
Not knowing if you’d be back for sure
She couldn’t move on
Knowing that then you would, too
She couldn’t let go
Of the thought of the both of you
She didn’t try
To be with anyone else
She went on crying
Thinking if she lost you, she lost herself
She finally broke down
Letting everyone around her see
How she couldn’t let go
It wasn’t love it was robbery
She still hopes
That someday you’ll come back
She went on crying
She just couldn’t face the facts
She sounds so weak
This girl attached to you
No wonder you let her go
Other men have, too
I feel sorry for her
This girl you used to see
She screwed everything up
Oh that’s right, that girl was me
– DLM, 2009
“I love you,” she said to her reflection. Lying to her herself the same way the men in her life had for years.
– DLM
The Dalema 