let's go slow; so slow that we'll be falling in and out of each other's orbits forever, spinning and wishing that these circular orbits would never
end.

and we're broken and tattered and more alike than we'll ever know; but strong is synonymous with our names and the breathe that you've put into my lungs has made me anew.

It feels like forever, isn't that crazy?
It feels like it's been so long,
almost like we've known each other
since before the beginning of
time.

How did I find someone like you?

you've never truly left me, now have you?

Neither am i
wrong
nor am i
right;
likewise art thou
neither correct
nor incorrect
simply 'cause
we do not liken ourselves
to 'agree;'

Such
schismatic behaviour
is, indeed, a diseased philosophy:

agreement is luxury,
even within One's self

dissonance
is the true enigma-
for t'is intrensic
t'wixt and within all things-

ripe for appreciation
wrought of integrity
biding time, waiting
for overdue tolerance
and overflowing
with exuberant
(if unforseen)
harmony

you offered me a present
and i declined
because the only thing i
want for christmas is
*you

a hand giving flowers                                    
+
                   ­                          barbed wire holds it back

another, offers daisies                                    
+
                                            which the uniforms reject

smiles can be seen                              
+
                                brighter than flares

behind a gas mask, tears                                          
+
               ­                a silent one stares

a circle of people for foreign prayers                                                          ­    
+
                                                            bo­ot stomping, flashes and clang

demands waving                              
+
                          ­            against wind and roar

a lowly stole, shredded                                        
+
              ­                              scars, voices and screams

a hijab for a fortress                                  
+
                                              it's holding back machines

a white veil of hatred                                    
+
                                     shrouding little kids

balloons spread by the winds                                                    
+
     ­                               flags burning in rage

in the smoke, a guitar                                        
+
                ­                                  water bottles as gifts to khaki

When your mind is shattered
Your eyes are blinded
There is pain everywhere
you go
Don't give up and
Don't give in

When the wheel of fortune
is stuck at 6
No hope remains
Don't give up
Don't give in
Noon will be coming around
again

When loneliness is
your only friend
and
it keeps calling you names
Don't give up
and
Don't give in

There are times
when life is
ablaze with horrors
but
Don't give up
and Don't give in

Those that survive
are those that find meaning
those that passively
take to their bed
are bound
to
perish
Don't give up
Don't give in

When the law's
got your name
and no payment can be
made
and
you have to go
along with their plans
that have been laid,
Inside, where you hide
Don't give up and
Don't give in.

Time only stops
once
Don't give up
Don't give in.