People who will change your life

People who will change your life

Will sing so many songs with you

With broken voices that are so out-of-tune

And occasional bursts of laughter

And the shared discussions of lyrics

That will be forgotten one day,

But the people who will always remain.

People who will change your life

Will be like ghosts in a haunted house

Because for the longest time you’ll think they’re there

But they never will be

And when you fall, you’ll try to grab hold of them

But your hands will pass right through

And the illusion of their existence will tear apart.

People who will change your life

Will build you up as they break you down

So they’ll pull out the worst in you

And clean the wounds that hurt since long

And it’ll hurt so bad you’ll hate them for it

But you’ll never be the same again

And then you’ll love them more than you ever thought.

People who will change your life

Will also make you fall in love with them

Without really loving you back

Sometimes they’ll do this by mistake

Sometimes they’ll laugh as they see you in pain

Sometimes it’ll hurt, sometimes it won’t

Sometimes you’ll be the one causing the heart ache.

People who will change your life

Will be kind and sweet and with the brightest smiles

And they’ll share a part of their soul with you

That’ll urge you to become a better person

And they’ll be the ones

Who’ll make the world look less scary and more lovable

And you’ll never be able to thank them enough.

People who will change your life

Will change it without intending to do so

And you’ll change their life too

More than you’ll ever know.

Drowning in emotion

Flying with joy

Burning in pain.

Head buried in my pillow

The mind sits by the window

Eyes full of tears

Yet I can't help but smile.

Sometimes the goodness around me

that happens all the time

yet that which I notice so rarely,

overwhelms me

to the core of my being

and I'm never the same again.

It amazes me how easy it is to express sadness, how the words just fall into place. But the real joy of life, the happiness, the most memorable moments, the kindest acts, the sweetest smiles, the most lovable faces, the most touching conversations- no words can describe the emotion they bring to me. None at all.

You can sit and stare at a hundred stars

For a hundred nights in a row

You can stare at the dark, you can stare at the park

And at things you care of no more.

You can stare at trees and dried up leaves

And clouds that make noises from afar

At broken bottles, and inkless pens

And the familiar fresh pain of a very old scar.

You can sit by men and talk to them

And laugh till your eyes have tears

But you musn’t ever really cry with them

Or let them know your fears.

You can sit by a friend, talk from start to end

About stories from too long ago

But when she asks why you wear masks

Your answer must be ‘no’.

So sit and stare for all I care

At nights that come by so slow but go too fast

But no trees or dried up leaves

Can help you make peace that’ll last.

And talk all you want, as much as you want

But you must always know

That no men or random friend

Can ever understand your mixed up soul.

And then I look into your eyes

a little veiled with strength

another soul that locks itself up

too scared to be free.

I walk up to you

There is a step back in defense

I move back too

I let you be.

But is it true what I think?

Are you as messed up as me?

If you’d let me know some day

Maybe this will set us free.

If you could one day

reach far down

into the depths of my soul

You’d see a mind

lost in the cobwebs of the world,

of the past

and the things yet to be

A heart so scared

that it walks fearlessly.

An animal with claws

and a thorn bleeding its leg

A cage, self-made for protection

and a spirit that wants to be free.

If you could notice one day,

If only I let you see.