Being

I like you

For you

Not

For what you have

Or what you do

Just you

For you who are

Because I see you

How you care

How you try

How hard you work

The importance of family

A sense of loyalty

"Click"

It’s the way

We stay up all night

Talking about everything

It’s how I feel

As I lay in bed

Falling asleep with you

It’s in the way

You take my arm

To lead me through a crowd

It’s the way

You get so excited

You won’t fall asleep

It’s how I feel

When you steal the covers

Just so you can snuggle

It’s in the way

You sometimes act

Like you’re a kid

Some Days

Some days I want to shut everyone and everything out
I want to curl up in a ball and make the whole world disappear

There are days I want to scream and throw things
Where I want to break things and hear them smash

Sometimes I want to crawl in a hole and not come out
And I want to burrow deep inside of myself

Some days all I want to do is reach out
To talk to someone who understands

There are days where I only want silence
But I want silence with someone there

Sometimes I need to be alone
And sometimes I don't

Forgive & Forget

Forgiveness is easy

Moving on is harder

Forgetting…

May be impossible

Do we ever really forget?

First love

First loss

Those memories stick

With us forever

And maybe they should

We don’t really want

To forget those things

They make us who we are

Shape us into who we become

We love

We lose

Is that our fate?

The harder we hold on

The more they slip away

And if we don’t hold on

What then?

We risk the appearance

Of not caring enough

Either way

We put our hearts on the line

And what do we get

Pain and heartache

But also joy