Love Is Painful

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="77b40b43.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cantrell Family Website</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cantrell Family Website"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Love Is Painful</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="bring_your_tears_to_me"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1fe135e0.gif" border=0 width="275" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Bring Your Tears to Me</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Just when you might have thought</div> <div> That things were getting better</div> <div> You are faced with the pain</div> <div> Of a Dear John letter</div> <bR> <div> Now your world may seem to crumble</div> <div> As you're falling out of love</div> <div> And the break within your heart</div> <div> Is all you're thinking of</div> <bR> <div> But the Angel that you are</div> <div> Should never feel so blue</div> <div> Yet I feel from all your tears</div> <div> The hurt you're going through</div> <bR> <div> If you could leave your past</div> <div> For it was never meant to be</div> <div> And start a new beginning</div> <div> And bring all your tears to me</div> <bR> <div> I would brighten up your world</div> <div> And open up your eyes</div> <div> I will dry away your pain</div> <div> And silence all your cries</div> <bR> <div> Let me shower you with love</div> <div> And lace your heart in gold</div> <div> I would satisfy your needs</div> <div> With a passion you can hold</div> <bR> <div> So give my love a chance</div> <div> With a clear and open mind</div> <div> For romance is at your reach</div> <div> And I'm not too hard to find</div> <bR> <div> Just listen to your heart</div> <div> And take heed in what I say</div> <div> And you will never cry again</div> <div> For my love is here to stay</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POETRY"><U><IMG SRC="7935e1b0.gif" border=0 width="94" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="the_thief"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Thief</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> I remember the day that I met her.</div> <div> She made out like she was my friend.</div> <div> Her actions were that of an angel to me</div> <div> but I found out that all was pretend.</div> <bR> <div> She took her own time to entice me.</div> <div> I had fallen for her so it seems.</div> <div> She told me that there was another for her</div> <div> and she robbed me of all of my dreams.</div> <bR> <div> She left and I just had forgotten</div> <div> about how she had pilfered my heart</div> <div> when she showed up like nothing had happened and then</div> <div> she proposed that we make a new start.</div> <bR> <div> I told her my doubts were extensive</div> <div> and I thought that my instincts were strong.</div> <div> She assured me she wouldn't deceive me again.</div> <div> You'd think I'd have known all along.</div> <bR> <div> But my efforts to listen to reason:</div> <div> to find the right thing I should do</div> <div> were useless compared to the skills of a thief</div> <div> for she had taken my reasoning too.</div> <bR> <div> All her motives seemed perfectly honest.</div> <div> She followed her words with a smile.</div> <div> I willingly walked right into her plan</div> <div> to subdue my precautions a while.</div> <bR> <div> She stole all my hidden defenses.</div> <div> She robbed me right down to the bone.</div> <div> And when I was helpless she then stole a kiss</div> <div> and she took on my name for her own.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POETRY"><U><IMG SRC="7935e1b0.gif" border=0 width="94" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>