Storm Outside

There’s a storm outside my window
it’s been going all day long
And like a carnival the clouds are chasing by
although I hear the wind gusts rattle ‘round the house all is quiet inside

A little song is struggling on the strings of my guitar
and the words are just as restless as the sky
I may have heard the melody blow around the house but it’s quiet inside

I thought as I grew older I’d be a little wiser too
but it seems like all the wisdom passed me by
the eloquently formed way I had hoped to speak my mind stays hidden inside

If I revisit all the frases all the verses of my youth
I am an older man who has never learned to rhyme
and every single song I hoped would someday change the world stayed hidden inside

Love songs and daydreams
still taunt me me and somehow haunt me

Now the rain has come to fog-up the remainder of my view
And as the evening sets there’s nothing left outside
I can faintly hear the wind rush every now and then
all is quiet inside

Poems and prayers
Still haunt me and somehow daunt me

So there’s this song that I am writing about a storm outside my house
And as a carnaval the words all chase me by
And although I hear the rhythm rhyming ‘round the house all is quiet inside

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