Looking Up

Numbers storm my head

Into my ears

They force my head down

Tell me to stop looking up at the sky

They hiss in my ears in bed at night

Forget the clouds above

And the belief that all we need is some warm light

There’s no point in being quick to smile

When all that matters are the numbers

Branded on our foreheads

But those numbers are wrong

All I need are those people

Who keep looking up at the sky

Despite what the numbers say

The motivation to help them

Defy the odds

That is all I need.