Love and life as always - by Jodie Collins

Always life and love entwine
Walking down the same old line
Tripping on the pavement tile
Staying cheerful all the while

Making friends and losing touch
No-one can remember much
Seeing old loves fade away
Smiling as I make my way

Down the streets - deserted still
Nothing can this silence fill
All alone again it seems
Only happy in my dreams

And still this brave face I put on
Each morning when I see you've gone
Easy to ignore me now
When no emotion you allow

I'll take that tack and you will see
Just how tough that I can be
You never want to be close by
When my sad eyes, they start to cry

But you don't really need to care
For I would never let you there
I keep those feelings locked inside
For evermore from tears I hide

And put that smile upon my face
As I welcome your embrace
I know that soon we'll see the end
Until that day let's just pretend

Try - by Jodie Collins

They always tell me "try again"
As if it's just that fast
As if you can just fold away
The memories of the past

They always tell me "try again"
And give a cheery smile
As if it doesn't matter when
You walk the longest mile

They always tell me "try again"
Like they don't understand
That I can't do it by myself
They have to hold my hand

They always tell me "try again"
It makes me want to cry
All I ever seem to do
Is try and try and try

It makes no difference what I say
It makes no difference when
I know what they are going to say
It's always "try again"

Childhood - by Jodie Collins

Amid the troubling waters pass
two ships in dead of night
I try to catch a hold of them
but both float out of sight

I call amid the raging storm
my voice hangs in the air
I hold my arms above my head
in vain for no-one's there

And then I'm plucked from stormy seas
to greet the light I see
I wrap my arms around the great
new life that's come for me

And as I weep into its arms
I hold that memory dear
For I never know when I will lose
The happiness that's here