GO CANADA!

CONGRATULATIONS CANADA! SO PROUD OF YOU!

- SHANNON <3

TRY - ASHER BOOK

If i walk, would you run?
If i stop, would you come?
If i say you're the one, would you believe me?
If i ask you to stay, would you show me the way?
Tell me what to say so you don't leave me.
The world is catching up to you
While you're running away to chase your dream
It's time for us to make a move cause we are asking one another to change
And maybe i'm not ready

But I'll try for your love
I can hide up above
I will try for your love
We've been hiding enough

If i sing you a song, would you sing along?
Or wait till i'm gone, oh how we push and pull
If i give you my heart would you just play the part
Or tell me it's the start of something beautiful.
Am i catching up to you?
While your running away to chase your dreams
It's time for us to face the truth cause we are coming to each other to change
And maybe i'm not ready

But I'll try for your love
I can hide up above
I will try for your love
We've been hiding enough

I will try for your love
I can hide up above


- SHANNON <3

SOMEONE

Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met. Impossible.

- SHANNON <3

WHAT SHOE ARE YOU TODAY?

Me and my friend used to ask each other what kind of shoe we were feeling like that day based on how we were feeling. Such as if we were tired we would say a workboot, if we were undecided we would be a flip flop, if we were confident it was a high heel and if we felt kinda down we would say a rain boot. So how are you feeling today?

SHANNON <3

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

When you love someone,
And you love them with your heart,
It never disappears,
When you're apart.
And when you love someone
And you've done all you can do,
You set them free,
And if that love was true...
When you love someone
It will all come back to you.
-- Forget Paris

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place,
suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace,
suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste,
it all revolves around you.
-- Moulin Rouge

I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
-- Notting Hill

In these dreams I've loved you so, that by now I think I know what it's like to be loved by you. I will love being loved by you.
-- The King and I

Look, I guarantee there'll be tough times. I guarantee that at some time, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you're the only one for me
-- Runaway Bride

Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going.
-- Practical Magic

You know, that moment when you kiss someone and everything around you becomes hazy. And the only thing in focus is you and that person. And you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life. And for one moment you get this gift. And you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that it will go away all at the same time.
-- Never Been Kissed

Dory : You mean ... you mean you don't like me?
Marlin : No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion.
--Finding Nemo

Je t'aime!

- SHANNON <3

AIRPORT HEARTBREAK

She felt as though it was the longest she was ever expected to stay and sit in one spot. Eight hours. Middle seat. Little source of entertainment. Trapped in the only thing keeping her from falling, what seemed like miles, to the earth. Boredom to the ultimate maximum.
She had always wanted someone to meet her at the gate upon arriving back home. She had always dreamed of someone who loved her to come specifacally to see her. It was stupid though. No one would come to see HER.
When it finally came to landing in Toronto, she walked off, legs stiff, headphones stuffed in her ears. Instinctively following the people to the baggage claim. Keeping an eye out for her silver luggage. Walking out the exit. It was all habit.
As she kept walking, she saw above and though all the rest of the heads, her Daddy. Boy was she happy to see him. She ran to him and gave him the biggest hug as she wrapped her arms around him.
As her eyes ran through the many faces, she caught a glimpse of someone familiar, but he was walking away. So she proceeded to follow a short distance until she knew who it was.
When she finally caught up to him, she put her hand on his back shoulder and turned him around to face her. This was a face she knew all too well. He was holding a big bouqet of flowers, beautiful red flowers, her favorite color. It looked as though, deep inside his eyes, tears were beginning to form.
"William?" She asked. "What are you doing here?"
"I...," he started, but something stopped him. He turned away slightly, shaking his head.
She kept her eyes on him, waiting for him to turn around and face her again.
"I'm sorry," he turned back. "I shouldn't be doing this now. I'm sorry it took me so long." He gave her the flowers and met her eyes. "I should have done this sooner, not when I'm about to leave. And I know this isn't fair to you, I mean, to do this now, but I just have to."
She coulnd't believe it. She was in shock. Happy in the fact that someone actually came for her. He came. Her dream was coming true. Unfortunatley at the wrong time.
Deep down, Deep DEEP down, she was sad. Sad that this would be the last moment they would have together for a long time. But she couldn't help being charmed by him coming here. It was something she always dreamed of.
She put her head down and smelt the flowers he had given her and a tear started to push through the barrier of her self doubt, that he could ever love her. It was hard for her to believe he had actually come all this way to tell her how he felt after all this time, then have to say goodbye.
"I can't believe you came all this way," she looked up. Gosh would she miss him.
"I wish this didn't have to happen. I wish I wasn't so stupid."
Taking a chance and moving out of her comfort zone she put her hand on his face, longing for him to decide to stay, although she already knew that he couldn't.
"Will, I am going to miss you so much. And I'm so scared that things won't be the same when you get back. I'm scared that you don't mean any of this..."
"Oh but I do. You have to believe me on this. You know I can't stay... And I know things may be different whwen I'm gone, but I lo-"
"Don't do it," she stopped him. She had waited for him to say that for the whole time she knew she loved him back. This love was now forbidden. The tears were falling now. This was so hard and she never thought she would ever have to do this. "Don't say it and then just leave without this going anywhere."
For awhile, they just stood there, ignoring the world that continued without them. They embraced each other and thought of all they had lost because of the time they wasted without realizing it.
"They're waiting for me," she said.
"Let me take you home," he replied.
"William...I..."
"Please. I did all this trouble, putting you through my mess of a mind and I'm sorry. I just want these last hours to be with you. With YOU Donette. That's all if nothing else."
She leaned back and looked through his eyes that were burning through hers. She wanted this too, but not this exactly. "Ok," she said.
They unlocked thier arms and he reached down and grabbed her luggage in one hand and as they started to walk towards the doors, he reached for her hand for the very first time. And as their fingers intertwined, she realized that it would be the last time he would ever have the chance to do so.

- SHANNON <3

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?

- SHANNON <3

ABOUT THE MOON

Dear You,

I'm sitting on my rooftop. Thinking about alot of things. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow? All of a sudden. Time had disappeared. It was dark. Night. I looked up in the sky and saw the moon shining brightly. It was a full moon. Beautiful if you ask me. And how ironic that my iPod was playing "dancing in the moonlight" by Toploader. Then all of a sudden, I felt a deep feeling and point of lonelyness. And all I wanted to do was watch the moon with you. In your arms maybe? I wondered if you were seeing what I was. I wondered if you were feeling the way I was. If you don't then none of this even matters. But you were the only one I wanted to experience it with. The only one that came to my mind. And i want you to know...

i love you to the moon and back... <3

Love,

Me

Written: 2007

FINAL SCENE

MR. DARCY – How are you this evening my dear?
ELIZABETH – Very well, only I wish you wouldn’t call me “my dear”.
MR. DARCY – Why?
ELIZABETH – ‘Case it’s what my father always calls my mother when he’s cross about something.
MR. DARCY – Well then what endearments am I allowed?
ELIZABETH – Let me think… “Lizzie” for everyday, “My Pearl” for Sundays and “goddess divine”, but only on very special occasions.
MR. DARCY – And what shall I call you when I am cross? Mrs. Darcy?
ELIZABETH – No! No… you may only call me Mrs. Darcy when you are completely and perfectly and incandescently happy.
MR. DARCY – And how are you this evening Mrs. Darcy? Mrs. Darcy… Mrs. Darcy… Mrs. Darcy… (Kiss)

2005 PRIDE & PREJUDICE

PETER PAN

The second star to the right
Shines in the night for you
To tell you that the dreams you plan
Really can come true
The second star to the right
Shines with a light that's rare
And if it's Never Land you need
It's light will lead you there
Twinkle, twinkle little star
So I'll know where you are
Gleaming in the skies above
Lead me to the one who loves me
And when you bring him my way
Each time we say "Goodnight"
We'll thank the little star that shines
The second from the right

One of the best movies on earth: Peter Pan (Walt Disney Pictures)

- SHANNON <3

FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH

I crushed you since you held a light saber in your hand for the very first time. :) Oh Hayden Christensen... How handsome you are.

WHERE YOU GOING?

Going somewhere?
Anywhere?

- SHANNON <3

CAN'T SEEM TO SLEEP

inspire me a little.....?

- SHANNON <3

OH DARLING CAN'T YOU SEE?

I'm feeling all alone
In summer time, I'm on a stroll about the town
My first glance of you
I'll never forget the time that I laid eyes on you

Who would have thought
That this would be, these feelings deep inside of me
You take my hand
We run away into a world they'll never know

And oh how I wish that you could catch a glimpse of what's inside my heart
Its bubbling deep inside of me, if only you could see
That I'm in love with someone who's in love with someone else
Oh darling can't you see

My tingling toes
You say her name and then my heart will skip a beat
My fingers are numb
You smile at me, your eyes as blue as blue can be

And oh how I wish that you could catch a glimpse of what's inside my heart
Its bubbling deep inside of me, if only you could see
That I'm in love with someone who's in love with someone else
Oh darling can't you see

And I smile 'cause I know that you seem happy
Behind that smile you can't see the pain that I am holding back
I know its for the best even though it hurts so bad
Oh darling can't you see

And oh as the leaves begin to change I'm growing more and so much more
Oh much more fondly of you, I wish it weren't true
Somehow I know your eyes won't follow me to where I'd love for them to be
Oh darling can't you see?

MUSIC & LYRICS BY SHANNON DOOKS

LOVE LOOKS NOT WITH EYES

How happy some o'er other some can be!
Through Athens I am thought as fair as she.
But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so;
He will not know what all but he do know.
And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes,
So I, admiring of his qualities.
Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste;
Wings, and no eyes, figure unheedy haste.
And therefore is Love said to be a child,
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.
As waggish boys in game themselves forswear,
So the boy Love is perjured everywhere.
For ere Demetrius looked on Hermia's eyne,
He hailed down oaths that he was only mine;
And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,
So he dissolved, and show'rs of oaths did melt.
I will go tell him of fair Hermia's flight.
Then to the wood will he to-morrow night
Pursue her; and for this intelligence
If I have thanks, it is a dear expense.
But herein mean I to enrich my pain,
To have his sight thither and back again.

- HELENA (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S "A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM")

ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU....

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

- MR. DARCY (PRIDE & PREJUDICE)

DROWNING

I sink beneath the surface and my lungs are filling up.
My ivory gown wrapped around me like a ribbon.
I cannot breathe.
My eyesight is fading.
And what can I do?
Im reaching up and touching the sunlight as it sparkles into my opened, blurry eyes.
My mind is blank and the world around me is bare.
I open my mouth to speak as bubbles start to rise to the top and no sound comes out.
I move my body and begin to press myself upward,
But the chains around my ankles stunt my potential.
One chain from the very evil of my own thoughts.
The other from a rather reliable source.
Let me go.
I'm crying out.
Stop holding me back.
I need to be free and I need to fight for this.
This is for me.
For once let me do this for me.
The water starts to press on my head as I stay sunken at the bottom.
I cannot move.
I cannot speak.
I cannot hear.
I cannot see.
Now all that's left is drowning.

- SHANNON <3

TRAGIC LULLABY

This tragic lullaby
Sung when I sleep
That bittersweet song
I want to keep

I fly away
With wings like a dove
And all through my head
Are thoughts of my love

I dream a dream
I dance a dance
Hoping one day
You would give me a chance

For when I awake
To a brigther, better day
I will some time realize
That you have gone away

There is nothing in this world
I want more
Then to melt in your arms
When I walk through that door

But I have come to realize
That it will never happen
For this is only a dream
When I am napping

This tragic lullaby
Sung when I sleep
That bittersweet song
My heart wants to keep

- SHANNON <3

TELL YOURSELF IT WILL BE ALRIGHT AND THEN ONE DAY BELIEVE IT

At some point we must admitt
The things that happen isnt all of it
The good, the bad that makes us sad
Cannot be known as only bad
When we lie in our bed
We think of times ahead
But no one can really say
How things will happen in a certain way
We have to wait a little longer
To see what will make us stronger
To maybe be aware
And approach things unprepared
And we head into the war
Not knowing it can make us soar
To believe in the unbelievable
And to stop the unstoppable
So all im tying to say is
Simply something that goes like this
Live your life with the utmost happiness
And try not to look at all the sadness
It may me hard to comprehend
But lets not play pretend
Love the person you have become
Do not remember the bad that has come
Let it go on the wings of a dove
And free your heart from this chain they call love

- SHANNON <3

MEMORIES

It's gone
The times of the past
The laughter that was shared
The tears that were seen
The friends that were made
The fights that were overcome
The heartbreaks that were felt
The infatuations that overwhelmed
The stories that were told
The gossip that was heard
The hugs that were given
The kisses that never were
The hello's that were met
The goodbye's that were dreaded
The present that was taken for granted
The past that is now gone
The future that isnt promised
The moments that were cherishes
The memories that were made
With the people i'll never forget
Everything that was is gone
And all that is left
Are just simple
Memories

BY ALLY BOO

Miss you darlin.

ASK ME TO DANCE

Playing silly games
Looking over to look away
Watching from afar
To catcha glimpse of your face

Just take a step to me
Do not second guess
You move so gracefully
Come next to me

Just ask me to dance
Take my hand and dance
Hold me close to you
Go on take a chance

Time is running out
I wont be here much longer
Look deep into my eyes
I see in yours you want it too

You stand up and look at me
My heart skips a beat
Eye to eye it breaks
As you take your seat

Just ask me to dance
Take my hand and dance
Hold me close to you
Go on take a chance

MUSIC & LYRICS BY SHANNON DOOKS

ANNAISM

If there was a religion of Annaism, and I had to tell you how humans made their way to Earth, it would go like this: in the beginning, there was nothing at all but the moon and the sun. And the moon wanted to come out during the day, but there was something so much brigter that seemed to fill up all those hours. The moon grew hungry, thinner and thinner, until she was just a slice of herself, and her tips were as sharp as a knife. By accident, because that is the way most things happen, she poked a hole in the night and out spilled a million stars, like a fountain of tears.

Horrified, the moon tried to swallow them up. And sometimes this worked, because she got fatter and rounder. But mostly it didnt, because there were so many. The stars kept coming, until they made the sky so bright that the sun got jealous. He invited the stars to his side of the world, where it was always bright. What he didnt tell them, though, was that in the daytime, they'd never be seen. So the stupid ones leaped from the sky to the ground, and they froze under the weight of their own foolishness.

The moon did her best. She carved each of these blocks of sorrow into a man or a woman. She spent the rest of her time watching out so that her other stars wouldnt fall. She spend the rest of her time holding on to whatever scraps she had left.

- ANNA (JODI PICOULT'S "MY SISTER'S KEEPER)

THE MUSIC IN ME

It seems I don't play music anymore, music plays me.
And I surrender to its demands.

- SHANNON <3

SWEET DREAMS

Sweetest dreams to those who even dare to dream.

- SHANNON <3

ETERNITY

A tribute to those whose romances has worked out for them. This one is for you.

You simply amaze me
A marvel just to be
In your sight of vision
Your eyes are locked on me

You seem like my destiny
My greatest love to me
You are like my everything
For all eternity

And I know of something
That you will never know
Deep down in my heart
A secret to unfold

You seem like my destiny
My greatest love to me
You are like my everything
For all eternity

And I will give my hand to you
My life to you I'll give
We'll live in perfect harmony
Loving you and you loving me

MUSIC & LYRICS BY SHANNON DOOKS

MY DEAR LITTLE SISTER

My dear little sister.
How beautiful you have turned out to be.
I remember thinking how little you were,
And now you have grown into such a magnificent being
And I can only be proud to call you my blood.
You amaze me I must admitt.
Your presence and honesty with people,
You are one of the realest people I know.
I envy you in some ways
For you have a smaller waist,
A more passive approach to daily life,
A unique and clever witt,
You are simply and truely you and sometimes that is hard to come by in a person.
You are not only my sister,
But you have also become to be my friend
And boy am I glad that this day has come
Because when we used to fight every day it would kill me.
The thing is we are so different.
You have more bold characteristics
And I tend to have more soft features;
You ask for spaghetti
And I ask for Kraft Dinner;
You wear neon
And I wear lace;
You like high action films
I like old 1930 musicals.
But somehow, through all these differences,
We compliment each other like colors.
We understand each other in a unique way,
You know what I am thinking without me even saying anything.
You let me take out anger on you
Even though you fight back.
My dearest little baby sister,
How beautiful you are.
I will keep you under my wing,
The small little wing that I have
And I will love you til the day that I die
Because not only do I have to
But I wouldnt have it any other way.

Your big sister,

SHANNON <3

MY TINY LITTLE TREE HOUSE

My tiny little treehouse is a magical place to be.
Where birds fly high, the great winds sing and children at heart can play.
Made of oak itself, it is hung in a tall and wide oak tree, with willow branches peeking in to see.
My tiny little treehouse is the most fairest place of them all.
I go on wild adventures and sing my favorite songs and no one can tell me not to.
I cannot see the dreadful things that this world seems to dwell in.
I cannot see the heartbreak and tears for there are only smiles in my treehouse.
Its not that I am ignoring it, its just my place to get away.
I hold plenty of tea parties with those who cannot say anything to me unless I think it.
I play games of all sorts and imagine some friends to play them with me.
It is my pirate ship when I am at sea; my castle when I am a princess and my spaceship when I explore my universe.
My treehouse never breaks or gets things broken, unless it follows one of my many stories.
I keep it nice and tidy for any guests that may come unexpected.
People are always welcome.
Especially my Daddy whom he helped to make this world of mine.
It is a porthole to a land all my own.
To go into my Neverland where no one can grow old.
Let me stay awhile, for I cannot leave just yet.
Just leave me to my wonders and my deep imagination.

- SHANNON <3

A PRAYER

Heavenly Father, Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.

Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.

Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.

Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.

Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.

Matt. 5:44

DRAGONS AND PRINCESSES

Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.

- RAINER MARIA RILKE

KEEP IT UP

We are only a shell of flesh holding together a big body of blood. Humanity. Sometimes it loses its sincerity; without any wax. We lose our dignity as a whole because of our self absorbency. We focus on things not for others, but for self praise. It is near impossible in our nature to do something solely from the heart. And it’s sad. I like to believe that all people have good deep inside them, if not exposed through the outside. That there is some other force causing bad behaviour. That people sometimes don’t understand distant consequences. That mankind feels that sometimes it is for the best to do some sort of action and it ends up taking a toile on them. That people make mistakes. That is what I believe. That we have to make too many sacrifices and we always feel like we make the most sacrifices out of anyone. It seems that even though we know our own race, we either can’t accept ourselves or can’t understand ourselves. We, as a human race, have a responsibly to with hold, yet we aren’t doing a very good job. We have certain integrity to stand up to, yet we don’t take the stand. Embarrassment consumes us, the thoughts of judgement scare us out of our wits, and even the very thought of not being accepted in our personal society’s could change the very idea and feelings we may have on something. How did we get like this? How did our people become such savages in society? Who thought of this? Who decided what was acceptable? Why does our world look down upon one another? I believe in acceptance. I believe in compassion and love. I believe in the congregating of unlike cultures and creating a common ground. I believe in people. I believe in humanity. And I believe that deep down, there is good within ourselves.

- SHANNON <3