YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE...
YOU'RE LIKE A SNOWFLAKE IS TO THE SUN
FROM A DISTANCE YOU SHIMMER & SHINE UNLIKE ANY OTHER ONE
LIKE A FLAWLESS DIAMOND TO THIS MIND OF MINE
BUT GET TOO CLOSE
& YOU DISAPPEAR IN LINE WITH TIME
AS IF WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO ALIGN
PARALLEL TO MY PARADIGM
PERPENDICULAR TO THAT OF WHICH MY IMAGINATION DESIGNED
NOT ANOTHER PERSON AS PERFECT COULD I FIND
LEAVING ME BREATHLESS WITH
WONDERMENT & BUTTERFLIES
ILLUMINATED BY MY LOVE LIGHTS SHINE
YOU ENLIGHTENED MY LIFE
EVER SO SWEET & KIND
MY HOPES TRANSFORMED INTO LOVE FOR YOU
A LOVE THAT COULD STOP MY HEART ON A DIME
O HOW I WISH WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT TIME
THAT TIME WHEN INNOCENCE WAS THE WORD I'D USE TO DEFINE
YOUR SMILING FACE
AND HOW IT CALMED THIS CRAZY MIND OF MINE
I REMEMBER ALL SO WELL
THE PEACE THAT
WITH YOUR PRESENCE,
RESCUED ME FROM MY HELL
& MADE MY INSECURITIES MELT
REVEALING CONFIDENCE NO LONGER SMOTHERED BY THE PAIN
OF MY CONSCIOUS AWARENESS SELF
I JUST WISH I COULD AGAIN FEEL HOW THAT FEELING FELT
FEEL AGAIN FEELINGS THAT
NONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF CAN MAKE ME FEEL
NO ONE ELSE
YOU HOLD THE KEYS TO MY NEVER NEVER LAND
A PLACE O SO PERFECT & BEAUTIFUL
AS IF GOD HIMSELF LENT A HELPING HAND
WITH WATER AS CLEAR AS THE DEEP BLUE SEA
IN AN UNTOUCHED LAND
OF PURE WHITE SAND
WHERE EVERYTHING & EVERYONE I CALL MY FRIEND
A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO BEGINNING
A PLACE THAT WILL NEVER END
FREE OF PAIN & SUFFERING
FAR FROM ME ARE MY SINS
WHERE KARMA IS MY HARMONY
WITHOUT THE WORRY
OF ANYONE OR ANYTHING EVER AGAIN HARMIN ME
STEPPING RIGHT IN TIME
WITH THE CADENCE OF THIS BEATING DRUM
AKA THE HEART IN ME
BUT WITHOUT YOU I'M ALL ALONE
HIGH UP ON A LITTLE SHELF
SITTING HERE BESIDE MYSELF
LOOKING DOWN
FINDING IT HARD TO BELIEVE
WISHING MY HEART WOULD JUST LET IT BE
WHEN I LOOK BACK IT'S HARD TO SEE
WHEN I LOOK INWARD IT'S HARDLY ME
WHEN I LOOK AROUND AND I DON'T SEE YOU
IT'S HARD TO BREATHE
WITH THIS HARP ON MY SLEEVE
I PLAY MY SONG OF SORROW & GRIEF
HOPING THAT MAYBE TOMORROW
THIS ANXIETY WILL LEAVE
AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GET UP OFF MY KNEES
AND FIND MY WAY OUT OF THIS FOREST
FREE FROM THE GRIPS OF THESE TRAUMA TREES
FINALLY FREE OF THIS WEIGHT THAT'S BEEN BURYING ME
BORN TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY
EVEN THOUGH I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME
AT LEAST I'LL BE ABLE TO UN PAINT THIS PICTURE
& STEP OUT OF THIS MIND FRAME
OFF OF THIS BROKEN HEART SHAPED WINDOW PANE
AND NO LONGER CARRY THIS BURDEN OR THIS NAME
CLOSE THE CURTAIN
SNUFF THE FLAME
EVEN THOUGH NO MATTER WHERE I GO
WHERE EVER YOU ARE IS NOT THE SAME
PLACE
AND WHEREVER YOU'RE DESTINATION LIES
WE'RE NOT RUNNING THE SAME RACE
NOT KEEPING THE SAME PACE
IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SAY THIS BUT IF I CAN'T SAVE YOU
THEN I GUESS EVENTUALLY I'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAVE
FACE
BEFORE I FALL FROM GRACE
AND THE LIFE I'VE SPENT PERSUING YOU BECOMES
A WASTE. . .
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