Near is the coming, not going with ease;
Way too wrinkled, one too many a crease.
Broken in places, still I grew;
Cracked like a sieve, light shimmering through.
Of skin and tissue, allegedly unable to feel;
Look inside you’ll see, that really, I’m unable to heal.
Grew up under a shadow, amidst cheers to stand tall;
Dug deep but there too, a shortfall.
Only wanted to help; settled on shallow and spread;
Now I’m dead in the center, as I’m lain to bed.
An unsent prayer is all I have left;
Let me live free, for I am just a tree.
Alone in my room with the lights on,
praying that no monsters came along;
While I slept you watched over me,
until the day my heart was strong.
Waiting hungrily with a growl,
brandishing my arms ready to maul;
You fed me without a gripe,
until I stopped to bawl.
Now these eyes are upon you,
taking in all that you do;
Now these hands are eager to do
everything that you do;
Now the child is dreaming of
the day he’ll be like you.
Both of you, I love the most
should the witness be
the Father, Son, or the Holy Ghost
Given to me you have
everything and more
Not only time and support
but also every gift and chore
Been to me you have
the convention and at odds with trend
not only mom and dad
but also sibling and friend
Shown me you have
all of this and some of that
Hopefully making me
a balance of extremes
Your purest gift has been
to make me for love and
to chase the wildest of dreams
So distance and borders
may appear as deflection
but the truest way I can pay it back
is by being your reflection
Weather changes
Places change
People change
Feelings change too
Ephemeral yet real
is the nature of it all
What is life then?
but for moments of passion?
and for finding your flow?
but for the feeling of love?
and chasing what makes you glow?
The answer therefore is right there
It’s not yesterday or tomorrow that you need to fear
It’s all about what is right here
It’s not about what you have
but about what you make of it
Sometimes though you make nothing
of the things that could make your day
of the things that life blossoms in your way
Are you living life then?
The way you could.