THE WORDSMITH MILL: RIP TIDE

THE WORDSMITH MILL: RIP TIDE:   RIP TIDE   WRITTEN BY   JEFF R HILTON   SEPTEMBER 2020     YOU SEE THE SKIES   CHANGE FROM BLUE TO GRAY   SEE THE SEASON SLIPPING AWAY   I...

RIP TIDE

 

RIP TIDE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

SEPTEMBER 2020

 

 

YOU SEE THE SKIES

 

CHANGE FROM BLUE TO GRAY

 

SEE THE SEASON SLIPPING AWAY

 

INDIAN SUMMER CAN'T HOLD ON

 

THE WIND BLOWS TOO STRONG

 

I'M SURE IT WON'T BE LONG

 

BEFORE WE FIND OURSELVES IN SNOW

 

SHOULD OF LET GO

 

SHOULD BE GONE

 

THIS IS GETTING OLD

 

THE TIMES I'VE BEEN TOLD

 

YOU'D THINK I'D BE SOLD

 

BUT NO HERE WE GO AGAIN

 

 

STILL NOT FREE ENOUGH TO FLY

 

CAUGHT IN A RIP TIDE

 

AND I DON'T KNOW QUITE WHY

 

YOU COULD SAY

 

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE

 

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN

 

BUT I'VE BEEN THERE AND BACK AGAIN

 

MORE ENOUGH TO KNOW

 

YOU SIT THERE AND WATCH

 

SHOW AFTER SHOW

 

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW

 

YOU LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT'S REAL

 

ARE THE THINGS YOU FEEL

 

REALLY FROM YOUR HEART

 

OR SOMEWHERE DISTANT

 

THAT YOU THINK SETS YOU APART

 

WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT

 

BUT WE'RE THE SAME

 

STUCK INSIDE THIS SAME OLD GAME

 

BUT ANOTHER GRAIN OF SAND FALLING

 

 

THERE'S ONLY THIS TIME

 

AND IF YOU WANT TO COMPROMISE 

 

LEAN ON THE SIDE OF GOOD

 

ITS ALL THAT YOU CAN DO

 

ALL THAT YOU SHOULD

 

YOU CAN ONLY SHOULDER 

 

SO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY

 

BEFORE YOU START TO FALTER

 

YOU JUST WANT TO LEAVE

 

YOU CAN'T BREATHE

 

CAUGHT IN A RIP TIDE

 

AND I DON'T KNOW QUITE WHY

 

YOU COULD SAY

 

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW

 

CAUGHT IN A RIP TIDE

 

 

THE WORDSMITH MILL: JUST TO TRY

THE WORDSMITH MILL: JUST TO TRY:   JUST TO TRY   WRITTEN BY   JEFF R HILTON   SEPTEMBER 2020       SEEMS ITS TIME AGAIN   THE WINDS BLOW   AND WAY DOWN BELOW   WHERE THE LEA...

JUST TO TRY

 

JUST TO TRY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

SEPTEMBER 2020

 

 

 

SEEMS ITS TIME AGAIN

 

THE WINDS BLOW

 

AND WAY DOWN BELOW

 

WHERE THE LEAVES ARE FALLING

 

ALL AROUND US

 

GUESS SUMMERS GONE

 

FUNNY HOW TIME GOES BY SO FAST

 

SEEMS TO ME

 

 SUMMERS USED TO LAST

 

SO MUCH LONGER

 

WE SAW THEM THROUGH

 

RIGHT TO THE END

 

IF LOVE WASN'T REAL

 

THEN IT WAS ALL PRETEND

 

HARDLY MAKE BELIEVE

 

THE PAIN WHEN SHE LEAVES

 

SURE FELT REAL

 

SO MANY, SO MUCH

 

WE COULD FEEL

 

JUST TO TRY

 

THE WHEN, THE WHY

 

WILL IT SOAR

 

OR WILL IT DIE

 

JUST FALL AWAY

 

LIKE THE VERY LAST DAY

 

OF SUMMER

 

THE COLOR BLUE GETS DARKER

 

THE SKIES FADE TO GRAY

 

WATCH AS THE BIRDS FLY AWAY

 

LEAVING US BEHIND

 

WHETHER ITS LOST OR KIND 

SO IF WE TRIED

AND IF WE GOT IT RIGHT

THE WORLD GOT SMALL

OR WAS IT BIG AT ALL

WHEN YOU WERE THERE

SOMEWHERE I DIDN'T KNOW

WONDERED IF YOU'D SHOW

TURN MY SUMMER INTO GOLD

OR LEAVE ME HERE IN THE COLD

JUST DISAPPEAR LET GO

FROM A DISTANCE JUST WATCH ME

LOSE CONTROL

IF YOU EVEN TURNED AROUND

TO SEE

WHAT YOU WERE LEAVING BEHIND YOU

 

 

 

 

 

THE WORDSMITH MILL: TRIPPING OVER A HOLE

THE WORDSMITH MILL: TRIPPING OVER A HOLE:   TRIPPING OVER A HOLE   WRITTEN BY   JEFF R HILTON   SEPTEMBER 2020     FEELINGS SWIRLING AROUND   LIKE BITS OF PAPER IN THE WIND   ITS HAR...

THE WORDSMITH MILL: TRIPPING OVER A HOLE

THE WORDSMITH MILL: TRIPPING OVER A HOLE:   TRIPPING OVER A HOLE   WRITTEN BY   JEFF R HILTON   SEPTEMBER 2020     FEELINGS SWIRLING AROUND   LIKE BITS OF PAPER IN THE WIND   ITS HAR...

TRIPPING OVER A HOLE

 

TRIPPING OVER A HOLE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

SEPTEMBER 2020

 

 

FEELINGS SWIRLING AROUND

 

LIKE BITS OF PAPER IN THE WIND

 

ITS HARD TO UNDERSTAND

 

WHEN NOTHING STAYS STILL

 

LONG ENOUGH TO SEE

 

JUST LONG ENOUGH TO BE

 

SOME KIND OF PROBLEM

 

I DON'T NEED

 

 

KEEP BLOWING AWAY

 

THERE'S NO SENSE IN YOUR STAYING 

 

GOT ALL THE TROUBLE I COULD NEED

 

LITTLE ADVICE I CAN HEED

 

ITS ALL DOWN TO ME

 

JUST WHAT I KNEW I'D SEE

 

WHAT OF THE THINGS I WANT TO BE

 

 

STRUNG OUT A MYSTERY

 

CERTAINLY TO ME

 

I COULD FIND A PLACE TO BE

 

BUT COULD I STAY

 

COULD I STAY

 

TRY AS I MAY

 

LOOK THROUGH THESE EYES

 

FINALLY REALIZE

 

TRIPPING OVER A HOLE

 

HOW IT GOT THERE

 

NOBODY KNOWS

 

THE BIGGER IT GROWS

 

WAKE ME UP

 

I'VE BEEN DREAMING

 

WHAT HAVE I SEEN

 

THAT'S REAL

 

HOW ELSE COULD I HAVE REACTED

 

I'VE GOT TO THINK

 

ITS NOT TOO LATE

 

TAKE BACK THE CONTROL

 

OF MY FATE

 

 

TIME WILL BE WHEN

 

I CAN FEEL THE SUN ON MY FACE

 

PICK UP AND GO

 

ANYPLACE 

 

GO THERE WITH YOU

 

STAY IF WE WANT TO

 

NO REASON TO RUSH

 

WAIT THERE AS THE SKY BEGINS TO BLUSH

 

FILLS UP WITH STARS

 

AS IT IS

 

AS IT MUST

 

IT ALL KEEPS GOING ON

 

SEE IT YOUR WAY

 

OR SEE IT MINE

 

DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF IT

 

IT WILL ALL BE FINE