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Today at school I saw a man fold into a chair
right before my lies fibbed about the weather
it was like he never read the instruction manual
it was like he thought clouds always meant rain
but sometimes they're here just to give some shade
and sometimes it is better to endure the pain
cuz even when the days fade away
your life still manages to stay awake
and even when blue skies fade to grey
light still manages to find its way into our brain

today at school I saw a boy fold into the puddle I was staring into
trying to avoid any spare eye contact left in the lost and found
cuz I've found that losing doesn't always mean loss
it is interesting the things you can find
when we carry on without the things we think we need

but I'm too scared to look
I don't know what I need, because I don't know what I need
and I don't remember what I want
because
I'm too worried about what I lost
too worried about what I could lose if I chose to pursue
rather I just sit and stare at small pools reflecting lives that forget to reflect back

today at school I saw myself ripple into the last drops of rain the sky could sqeeze
right before my eyes became the puddle's best attempt at identity
like it never learned how to look at itself
like it never thought the clouds would run out

open

Watch
      as the sun tucks away the stars
      as the blue skies push through the fog
      as the mist we breathe abandons ship

Listen
      as the roosters remind the church bells to ring
      as the nighttime fun fades to daytime troubles
      as the dreamers break the tension between

Whisper
      to the dew as it hugs tight to the lawn
      to the light when it finds its dawn
      to your mirror before you yawn

Catch
    the stale air your lungs throw out
    the fallen stars that your sky shot down
    the lies at the end of your corridor

Embrace
      the thoughts you leave in the back of your mind
      the moon after it takes the tide
      the day before it fades and dies

I was

Sittin’ in this walk way
trying to decide
what I can say to you
that might make it through
the line in the sand we drew
so I sat back started tossin’ pebbles at the doorway
I guess it’s just a wall to you
I don’t think you have all the truth
but you actin like I got caught in a noose
invisible or 6 feet under, makes no difference to you
I’ll just pass the time counting seconds by the minutes
holdin’ on to this storm you left in my bones
I thought I was it all to you
perhaps I'm just a ball to you
a playtoy
a dance
a great time
no matter how you take it
I know you won't give it back
so just take it and leave me at this beach 
counting on the waves to bring back
the response to my message in a bottle