Writing With Snowflakes

Here’s a song I wrote a while ago. It’s called The Tide:

I want to give you all of me

Distance enclosed in the spaces between

Sometimes the sky is not as blue as it seems

But every day seems like a mile closer to you

A thousand to go, but I’m thinking of you

And the texts we sent were never a clue

You have no idea how I feel about you

And I don’t know if I can tell ya

That the green green grass has got to go

All I really want is a few feet of snow

This Iowa wind is taking me low

Lower than where I have been

A few more days and I’ll fall in love

With myself again, I’m moving on

Into the weary wind, facing head-on

But I know I’m leaving you

It’s the hardest thing to ever do

But I’ve gotta move on, you’ve moved on too

And I’m not her, I’d rather be blue

Than try to keep trying to be with you

There have been so many days I’ve felt this way

But the rhythm inside won’t go away

I still feel your heart in my veins

Beating me closer to you

It’s your perfect eyes that shine so blue

It’s your country voice that brings me to you

It’s your love of life that makes you true

But I still don’t believe

All the words you said brought me to life

But you’ve moved on and all you left was your knife

I don’t know how much more I can strive

But baby you don’t care

About anything anymore anyway

You have your girl and that’s okay

The stars and the moon will have their way

But I’m still chasing the tide

In Iowa.

“We try so hard not to die. Sometimes we forget to appreciate life.”

So, I’m starting a blog…Crazy right? Well…this blog will probably just be a lot of my writing but I just wanted to start out with one of my favorite quotes. “Appreciation and the Bomb” by the Spill Canvas is a beautifully written song.

We seem to be so encompassed in “living” our lives. But what does that really even mean? There is no exact definition of the perfect life or the “most-lived” life. So I say…just do your best. Smile. Appreciate the fact that we are here with people. We have friends. We have family. We are here. Alive. Be happy.