You see the beauty.
I see only questions
which need no answers.
I am at once
vulnerable and defiant.

You cut through the pretence
of the important trivial things.
The morning news
is enough to bring me down.

I sulk in bed, wondering
what is the point of getting up.
You make sure I find one every day.

You know the significance
of not taking my navel-gazing
too seriously.

And when I despair at the futility
of trying to fix the broken world,
you show me with your endless zeal
and unwavering hope
that just trying
can make all the difference.

When I'm alone
I feel free
I feel so free
That I can just be me

When I.m not alone
I feel constricted
I feel so constricted
That I can hardly breathe

But when I'm with you
I feel everything
I feel so much of everything
That I can finally see
My stone soul softens
My singular words become sentences
My steady breath quickens  
My still heart beats again
When I'm with you
I finally feel alive

Let them live as they wish.
A bustling city
filled with magnificent buildings,
and perfectly polished cars,
but never a moment of peace.
I’d rather live on rolling hills
underneath a vast sky.
To wander through fields,
and bask in the morning sun.
To smell the sweet perfume of the
lilac trees.
I’d rather live in peace
than to be surrounded by never ending
streets,
and the constant rerring of cars
passing by
I’d rather live unseen by all but
a few
than to have everyone know my
name.
If I could live as I wish
I’d rather live in
peace...