Poetry into song - I made this remember a time that I have grown from. 

TELL YOU

How do I tell you,  
This truth that will break your heart,  
Love that's mine, but scarred.  

In your eyes, I see  
Disappointment, silent pain,  
Will you still love me?  

Words caught in my throat,  
Afraid to shatter the past,  
Fear of being lost.  

Will you understand,  
Or will my truth push you far,  
Leaving me alone?

~Ricky White

DO I TELL YOU?

My Poetry into song - This one was during a dating phase where I would sit and daydream about how I wanted to dive into his arms.

JUST ME

Poetry to song. Signifies a time in my life where I almost lost myself. I am soo worthy of loving everything that I have.

DOORWAYS

Poetry to song - Tough one to listen to for me but great to get off paper and into music. Still some adjustments I could have made but super pleased with the end result.

FATHER

LIES

LIES - Deep House Remix

Poetry to songs - this was a short phrase and a moment in time I quit dreaming.

DREAMING

Poetry to song (remix with a female voice) - Feels!!

DO I TELL YOU (Haunted Remix)

Writing songs - completely rewrote my poem into song verse - had to add more lyrics so not the true form of the poem but made sense musically. My original poem was a tough read for being stuck in a relationship and losing myself. I would stare at the ceiling asking myself - what am I doing.

CEILING

Writing songs - as a hobbie - and finding some kind of grove into disco house! 

HIGHER

Writing songs - with a good friend Mallory (her and me, usher - Burn!)

LET IT FADE

Writing songs with a remix - this time for the dancing.

UNAPOLOGETIC (Hangbag Remix)

Writing songs - this time about my mum. Kinda liking the retro soul feels

MAMA

Writing songs with remixes - why not a duet - what's better than one but two.

MAMA (Duet Remix)

Writing songs - kinda love sitting in this deep house hole digging deeper on the bassline

UNDER

Poetry into songs - was super cool to put this into something with a dance break. Soft to hard

AM I?

poetry to song to remix - cant stop wont stop must stop! 

AM I? (Bollywood Remix)

Poetry to song - another one of my poems turned song. This was swirling around my head at one time, giving me doubts but it really is just about trusting your heart.

(Verse 1)
In solitude, you’ll face your fears,  
Even those you thought had disappeared.  
You’ll sit and wish them all away,  
But nothing will change unless you choose to stay.  

(Chorus)
Don’t leave, stay and learn,
You can be the man you’ve always yearned.
In the quiet, your truth appears,
Face the storm, dry your tears.

Don’t run, breathe, return,
Every scar’s a way to learn.
You’ll find your strength where shadows turn
Don’t leave, Stay and learn.

(Verse 2)
In darkness, you’ll battle your mind,  
Finding a mourning song just before bedtime.  
Reach out to the one who shows you care,  
Rest, brother, for tomorrow is near, don’t despair.  

(Chorus)
Don’t leave, stay and learn,
You can be the man you’ve always yearned.
In the quiet, your truth appears,
Face the storm, dry your tears.

Don’t run, breathe, return,
Every scar’s a way to learn.
You’ll find your strength where shadows turn
Don’t leave, Stay and learn.

(bridge)
You’ve made mistakes, yes,  
And apologized for every one, nothing less, nothing fake.  
Now, learn, love, and lean once more,  
Into the person you must trust, deep at your core.  

(Chorus)
Don’t leave, stay and learn,
You can be the man you’ve always yearned.
In the quiet, your truth appears,
Face the storm, dry your tears.

Don’t run, breathe, return,
Every scar’s a way to learn.
You’ll find your strength where shadows turn
Don’t leave, Stay and learn.

(Chorus)
Don’t leave, stay and learn,
You can be the man you’ve always yearned.
In the quiet, your truth appears,
Face the storm, dry your tears.

Don’t run, breathe, return,
Every scar’s a way to learn.
You’ll find your strength where shadows turn
Don’t leave, Stay and learn.

(Spoken word)
He loves you. So breathe.

STAY

CHASING FIRE

CONFIDENCE

Poetry to song - this was based off a short poem that grew into this semi serenade plea. That declaration that no one really heres.

Original poem ... by Ricky White:

I fear the possibility of heartbreak
The pain of falling helplessly only to lose myself again,
Its haunts my dreams and clouds my decisions

So I walk beside you cautiously
Opening slightly, letting you see glimpses of me
Like sunshine leaving for the day I set slowly. 

CAUTIOUSLY OPEN

Poetry to songs - trying hard to put writing to music.

PHASE

Poetry into song - this was rhyming sentences of how I played scenarios in my head of saying goodbye. 

When I walk through the door, you don’t even turn your head,
just keep scrolling, lost somewhere else instead.
This house still smells like what we were,
but it’s colder now I can feel it in the air.

I used to joke just to make you smile,
now silence fills the space for miles.
You say you’re tired, I say I’m fine
but we both know we’ve crossed the line.

I’m uneasy about the future,
this isn’t what love’s meant to be.
Feels like we’re holding together
just for the memory.
You need someone who sees you,
and maybe I do too.
I wanted to go back,
but I see now you don’t want to.

You laugh lighter when I’m not around,
and that truth hits without a sound.
Your voice is softer on the phone,
like you’ve already moved on alone.

I keep tracing circles through my days,
bending myself to match your ways.
I thought if I stayed kind enough,
maybe kindness would turn to love.

I’m uneasy about the future,
this isn’t what love’s meant to be.
Feels like we’re holding together
just for the memory.
You need someone who sees you,
and maybe I do too.
I wanted to go back,
but I see now you're not for me.

We’ve been standing still so long,
calling comfort something strong.
But love’s supposed to pull you through,
not weigh you down the way it do.
So I’ll wish you peace, and I’ll take mine,
we’ll both step out, leave this behind.
Maybe letting go is proof
we loved enough to tell the truth.

I’m uneasy about the future,
this isn’t what love’s meant to be.
Feels like we’re holding together
just for the memory.
You need someone who sees you,
and maybe I do too.
I wanted to go back,
but I see now you don’t want to.

(Turnaround)
I’m not uneasy about the future,
just scared of what’s next for you.
So I’ll wish you peace, and I’ll take mine,
we’ll both step out, leave this behind.
Maybe letting go is proof
we loved enough to tell the truth.

UNEASE

Writing songs - I kinda just wanted to celebrate how happy I am. 

BUILD THIS LIFE

UNSTOPPABLE NRG (Part1)

Poetry to song. This one was a straight poem which I created am evolution chorus to.

2 years has passed and it feels like a day
I am nervous of writing in my own way to say
That this is over it’s done with one thing left to do
To seperate completely, and give ours/yours some lieu.
From the buying and trying the fighting we sought. 
With no measure of calm because things were so taught,
Means that time has arrived and I am letting you go
From this promise of happy from this awful wedded woe
Please take back the prizes you won’t need the memory
Because regardless of checklists it’s over for  me.
I go now or else will you hold me today
Will you make me unhappy, make happiness slow
For I am at a place where I no longer need you
And although that might hurt it will never undo
My pain, my heart, my shame and my blame. 
It Took 2 years to smile sleep soundly in bed
And now it’s all over I choose to rest my head
It’s time, leave now I am finished you see
For no longer more will you hold over me.

1GOODBYE

UNSTOPPABLE NRG (Part2)

Poetry to songs. Wanted to try something more ballad and heartfelt.

BREAKING ME

Writing Songs that have so far evolved from poems I cant tell they are mine anymore 

[Verse 1]
I feel your breath against my skin,
a quiet spark that asks to be noticed.
Your eyes hold me there—
that patient kind of want that doesn’t rush.

The air turns slow around us,
like time has decided to listen.
Your touch undoes the edges of me,
and I stop trying to stay whole.

[Pre-Chorus]
You draw me closer, I can’t pretend,
the lines all blur, the walls all bend.
Your rhythm beats beneath my chest,
I fall and call it rest.

[Chorus]
I open slowly, piece by piece,
your rhythm pulls the fear from me.
You catch the shimmer, not the shame,
and whisper softly through my name.
I move toward you, body free,
you pull the truth right out of me.

[Verse 2]
The room disappears until it’s only us.
Colors fade; there’s just your breath,
your hands tracing stories
on skin that forgot how to speak.

You find the quiet places,
the ones I’ve guarded without knowing.
And suddenly, everything feels—
the air, my pulse, your name on repeat.

[Pre-Chorus]
You draw me closer, I can’t pretend,
the lines all blur, the walls all bend.
Your rhythm beats beneath my chest,
I fall and call it rest.

[Chorus]
I open slowly, piece by piece,
your rhythm pulls the fear from me.
You catch the shimmer, not the shame,
and whisper softly through my name.
I move toward you, body free,
you pull the truth right out of me.

[Bridge – Rap: “Gravity Flow”]
Yeah…
You move like rhythm that breaks my will,
a current I follow, still and still.
Every look, every breath you claim,
rewriting the rules inside my flame.

No rush, no race, no need to hide,
we’re orbiting slow on the same tide.
Every breath, a silent vow,
every touch — a here and now.

You got my truth, I’ve got your heat,
two worlds colliding, incomplete.
In this pulse, we lose control,
and find the art inside the soul.

[Pre-Chorus]
You draw me closer, I can’t pretend,
the lines all blur, the walls all bend.
Your rhythm beats beneath my chest,
I fall and call it rest.

[Chorus]
I open slowly, piece by piece,
your rhythm pulls the fear from me.
You catch the shimmer, not the shame,
and whisper softly through my name.
I move toward you, body free,
you pull the truth right out of me.

[Final Chorus]
I open slowly, piece by piece,
your rhythm pulls the fear from me.
Like moonlight brushing over skin,
you’re where I end, you’re where I begin.
You see the part that’s brave, not free,
and still, you call it love in me.

[Outro]
The night leans close, the world turns small,
I’m yours completely — after all.

SLOWLY I UNFOLD

“Feast on Your Life”
Verse 1 – The Stranger at the Door

There’s a knock in the silence,
A heartbeat you forgot to hear.
Your reflection stands unbroken,
After all these lonely years.
The mirror whispers softly,
“I’ve been waiting for your eyes,”
Come home to the one you buried
Beneath borrowed skies.

Pre-Chorus

You ran through storms to find another,
But the flame was yours all along.
Now every scar becomes an altar,
Every breath a song.

Chorus

Sit, feast on your life —
Drink the wine of your becoming.
Lift your hands to the light,
Let the years stop running.
You will love again the stranger
Who has loved you through the pain —
Sit, feast on your life,
And know your name again.

Verse 2 – The Reunion

Take down the letters, read them slowly,
Hear the trembling in your voice.
Every line that you abandoned
Was your soul without a choice.
Give bread to the child you silenced,
Pour wine for the heart you lost.
Every tear that shaped your mirror
Was never wasted cost.

Bridge – The Awakening

Now the echo turns to laughter,
Now the weight begins to rise.
The ghost becomes the master,
You’re the phoenix in disguise.
The stranger is your oldest friend,
You meet where all roads bend —
In the quiet, in the still,
Where you begin again.

Final Chorus

Sit, feast on your life —
Taste the dawn that breaks within you.
Hold your gaze, hold your light,
For the past can’t undo.
You will love again the stranger,
Who has known your secret name.
Sit, feast on your life —
And be whole again.

Outro – Whisper

You will greet yourself arriving…
You will greet yourself arriving…
And each will smile
At the other’s welcome.

Ricky D White

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