RISE AND RISE AGAIN

I slip, I fall, I rise again.
I trip, I fall, I rise again.
I stumble, I fall, I rise again.
I'm pushed, I fall, I rise again.
I'm pulled, I fall, I rise again.
Broken, I fall, I rise again.
Undone, I fall, I rise again.
Alone, I fall, I rise again.
I rise, I rise, and rise again.
I've come so far not to just give up now.
I've so far to go cannot give up now.
I fall, I rise, I fall, I rise and rise again.

SCOTT DAVID BUCKLEY-(10/01/2013)

I AM BROKEN (OH, WHAT A MESS)

I am such a mess.
I am all in pieces.
Strewn all around.
I cannot begin to find myself.
All the pieces are crushed into dust.
And so much of me is missing.
With no hope of finding anything.
The rain came and washed everything away.
I don't know what I am going to do.
I long to be whole again.
I long to be in one piece.
But I am not holding out for a miracle.
I am not holding my breath.
I've been here before.
This is nothing new to me.
Nothing in me has really changed.
Oh, such a mess am I.
I sweep it all underneath the carpet.
Trying to pretend nothing exists.
You see, I am afraid.
I can no longer pick up after myself.
Such a miserable existence.
Broken and fragmented.
I am broken!
I AM BROKEN!

SCOTT DAVID BUCKLEY-(10/01/2013)

GOOD MAN

What does it mean to be a good man?

What does it take to be a good man?

Just what exactly is a good man?

How could I ever be considered a good man,

  when I have done so much that is bad.

I have done evil.

I have hurt.

I have beaten down.

I have pulled down.

I'm not so sure you could even call me a man.

But this isn't me, this I know.

I know I am so much more than the sum of 

  everything I have done.

Although, sometimes I just don't know.

I forget myself, I forget who I am.

So far away from myself.

My own worst enemy.

I put and beat myself down.

I need to be saved from myself.

Can I ever be called a good man?

Could I ever be good enough to be a good man?

'Cause I just do not know.

Will I ever figure myself out?

Do I have what it takes?

To be exactly what a good man is.

I don't know what it is to be a good man.

I know I'm far from it.

But I keep on trying, just as long as there is 

  strength in me.

I will not give up just yet.

I'm not ready to die just yet.

I hope to one day to be considered a good man.

Whatever that may be.

I only hope that is how I will be remembered.

A good man.

SCOTT DAVID BUCKLEY-(09/01/2013)

BROKEN PROMISES

I promised that this time would be the last 
  so many times.
Then broke them all every time.
Was I just lying to you?
I know I was lying to myself.
How much did it hurt each time?
I never meant to, but I always did.
It was my very nature.
Selfish and self-centred.
My wanderlust got the best of me.
I always let you down.
I always disappointed you.
Driving the knife in your heart ever deeper.
Your crimson tears fall down on me, soaking me.
I don't know why.
It's what I do, I'm just a man.
I have regretted all I've done to you 
  over the years.
But regrets are just me making excuses.
I don't want this, but continue on my own way, 
  anyway.
Every time I can hear your crying and 
  your wailing.
You only had love for me.
I cast it aside like garbage.
Another last time, another broken promise.

SCOTT DAVID BUCKLEY-(09/01/2013)

STAND

Stand, hold your ground!
It's your ground, don't let any one take it.
You have the strength.
Reach deep down inside yourself.
It's there and so much more.
There is courage.
There is resolve.
There is belief.
Do not be afraid to be you.
You can be taken down, but no one can hold you 
  down.
Rise, rise again.
If pushed, push back.
No one has the right to take your life
  away  from you.
It's yours, so keep it!
There is no backing down.
There is no backing up.
Retreat is not an option.
No living to fight another day.
This is where you are, here and now.
Time to take a stand, take a stand for yourself.
Like only you can.
There is a flame within you.
Blow that flame into a burning fire, 
  a raging inferno.
You are strong enough to fight.
Stand, hold your ground!
Believe!

SCOTT DAVID BUCKLEY-(04/01/2013)