my time of self-exile is coming to a painful end
i dont know that im quite healed
but the future holds more intrigue
then my walls hold familiarity
...and its time for bern to unrut
once again my pride wins out over my fears
good for bern
he lives to love another day

i see myself as a rock
rocks are stuck-put
inertia is a rocks weightiest asset
and deepest downfall

climbing out of the abyss
i see the sun is bright and warm
the air is fresh and smacks of not just me

lyrics
by lady midler

some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
some say love it is a razer
that leaves your soul to bleed

some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
i [me][bern][ash's dad][paula's son]
say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed

it's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
it's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
it's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live

when the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows

lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose

bern shares
bv

ps anon: good call - spot on