Empty

What barren grave before me lies
What hollow hope within me cries
When faith and dreams and love has died
And broken wings no longer fly

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene

Final Goodbye

To all those whom I love
Being all those whom I know
Please do not be sad
I'm simply going home
I have no fear of Death
Jesus has broken that chain
And so I've been set free
By God's amazing grace
So waste not one moment
At a cold and barren grave
For nowhere on this earth
Is my final resting place
I've been well loved by many
And enjoyed this happy life
But I can hear St Peter calling
And I see Heaven's Gates open wide
I ask just this one final favor
Please don't cry, don't wail, don't grieve
For my God has called me home
And it's in victory I leave.

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene

Untitled

It's so hard to hide the pain that I feel
Knowing that no one would ever understand
It's hard to feel so alone no matter
Who is standing with me
It's hard to hide the scars I bear
And harder to still to live those days
When those scars feel like a failure
But the hardest thing I think
Is to live in a world where so many
Claim to know and love me
Yet never see the sadness;
Or the pain;
Never see how hard it is
For me to be happy
They simply see what they want,
Smile and pat my hand
As they hurry along
To more important things.

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene

Untitled

I wish that I could say
What's really in my heart
I wish that I could reveal
How I truly feel
But it would gain me nothing
And lose me everything
So I'll simply smile
And pretend
That I really am happy.

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene

Untitled

Why can I not impress you?
I either frighten you by being too good
Or disappoint you by being too bad
I can never just be good enough
You're disappointed when
I don't need your help
You're suffocated when I do
You get bored when I don't change
And irritated when I do
You tell me to just be myself
But criticize me when I do
It's all or nothing with you
There is no happy medium
And it's killing me

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene

Untitled

I would like to find the man
Who was stupid enough to say
That what does not kill you
Only makes you stronger
And show him a thing or two
About what pain really is

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene

Locked Away

See that woman over there
The one you think is
So strong
So sure
So brave?
The one you think doesn't need
Anyone
Or anything?
The one you think is trying
To manipulate and control you?
She's not as strong as you think she is.
She's just good at hiding.
Good at hiding her worry;
Good at hiding her pain;
Good at hiding her scars;
Good at hiding herself.
She knows that just because
You claim to love her
Doesn't mean
That she can trust you.
She's never trusted anyone;
And she's never been disappointed.

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene

Untitled

Ah my love, you know so well
The pains that send me straight to hell
And once arrived you sweetly swear
You weren't the one that sent me there
You lie, control, manipulate
As upon your love I sadly wait
You think my love, I'll never leave
No matter how you make me grieve
But there's one thing that you should know
I'd rather leave than die this slow

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene

Untitled

You tell me that you love me and baby I know that it's true
But somehow there never seems to be enough of me for you
I wish you could be faithful and I wish you could be true
But how can you love me and act the way you do?

You tell me that you're innocent and you haven't done me wrong
But don't you know that I have been watching all along?
You're thinking that you've fooled me and that I could never know
But baby can't you see I just gave you enough rope

So when you're standing lonely and you wonder where I've gone
Maybe you can tell yourself that you did nothing wrong
But when I came to talk to you and ask you for the truth
Baby I already held in my hands all the proof.

Don't you think I see? Don't you think I know?
Baby, no matter how I love you, I can let you go
I'm tired of this fighting when it always ends the same
And I'm tired of trying to play a no-win game


The saddest part is that you don't know the truth could set you free
If only just this once you could put your trust in me
But instead you give me lies that I can see right through
And cry crocodile tears as you try to hide the truth
So baby, if lies are going to be all that I ever get
I have to say it's over; You win; No more, I quit.

© 1991-2009 Samantha Greene