The Reason Why

I lost you once, but this I vow:
I'll make you mine again, or die;
And I don't know the when or how,
But love is all the reason why.

-- c.j. noel

You are my Recurring Dream

If the heart can dream,
Mine dreams of you;
Has my dream a chance
Of coming true?

Must the words we said
Three years ago
Stand against the love
We yearn to know?

-- c.j. noel

Lost and Found

"But God commendeth his love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
-- Romans 5:8


I was losing my direction,

Like a compass spinning ‘round;

Yet before I sought Redemption,

By Redemption I was found.

-- c.j. noel

Soldier's Promise Broken

I'll return when the fighting finds an end
And this long, dark road leads me home again
I'll return from the wars of distant lands
And I'll hold your face in my shaking hands

Oh I'll return, I'll return...


-- c.j. noel

Drawn in Ink

You I cannot erase,
Though I've honestly tried;
For I drew you in ink,
And it instantly dried...

-- c.j. noel (2010)

Recklessness

Though reckless hope is often hopeless,
I fell for you -- and still I fall.
Oh, loveless life is truly lifeless!
For you I risk my heart -- my all.

-- c.j. noel (2010)

Blame

I pulled the trigger,

But you loaded the gun.

Our love was the victim;

Darlin', what have we done?

-- c.j. noel

Nothing is Free

Won't some gentle spirit show kindness to me?
I've traveled far, and far I've yet to go.
I'm hitching my way to a town by the sea
Where lives a girl whose love I used to know.


-- c.j. noel