Escape

Pain, tears, broken hearts
What was happening?
Life never used to be like this
But as life goes on
The world grows colder

Love, joy, peace
The life she once knew
Seems to slip farther and farther away
She’s almost lost all memory of those days
All memory of happiness

But when she dreams,
She can remember
When she dreams,
She can smile
When she dreams,
Everything she once knew is back
And she hugs her mom,
Tells her dad that she loves him
And they gently kiss her cheeks
When she dreams,
She escapes from depression
She escapes from the horrors of this world
She escapes from her life as it is

Pain, tears, broken hearts
All these disappear when she dreams

Me in Ten Years

Ten years from now,
I will be driving my 1970 Mustang down the streets
Of hot and busy Los Angeles, California
On my way to work as a lawyer
To make my money

Ten years from now
I will be living in my pent house apartment
I will reside with my amazing husband and chubby cat
Sufficiently happy, but dreaming of one day
When I will move to the country
So that I can raise kids in a safer environment
With a lot of land, dogs, and a horse

Ten years from now
I will be totally enjoying being on my own,
And just a total lover of life itself,
But I will miss all my friends and family back here in Washington
And the freedom of less work and less worry

Ten years from now,
I will stay laidback
And will not let money and other earthly possessions
Overrun my mind and take over my thoughts
I will still keep my main focus on Jesus
Hopefully helping at youth group at my church
Or teaching a Sunday school class

In ten years,
Though having a different last name
I will still be Rokkii
A Smiling, energetic, crazy, and faithful Christ follower
But not just in ten years,
But ‘till the day forever ends