paper sailing boats. by tiredeyessoftlight, literature
Literature
paper sailing boats.
I could have sworn that star was moving
even though i'm standing still
the boat I'm on is anchored
but the rocking is so beautiful.
You set your course for North
and left your anchorage in the bay
caught the wind in your sails
and sailed on away.
Each of us had always known
you didn't belong here and now that you've grown
and flown off for much bigger places and things
I see birds in cages find less reason to sing.
Now we're separated by ten thousand
nautical miles and one hundred islands
the most important thing I have to tell you
is love deeply, forgive and enjoy everything you do.
with scissors and glue. by tiredeyessoftlight, literature
Literature
with scissors and glue.
I think that when God made me
he'd run out of the defining parts
that make each brand new person
a brand new work of art
And so said God, I'll make you
a colourless empty shell
you'll take a part of each person you meet
and make it part of you as well.
the face of the ocean. by tiredeyessoftlight, literature
Literature
the face of the ocean.
These are the things I know to be true,
the ocean is green and sometimes blue,
but if I knew it the way you do,
I suppose then that I would be you.
We are all good mirrors but very poor windows,
no one could ever become me although,
when it comes to the end of our show,
we are all just who each of us wanted to know.
I've felt the burning in my finger tips,
and pressed them to my own cold lips,
a cracked hull makes for a sinking ship,
and perfect timing a solar eclipse.
When you've felt what it's like to be free,
be sure to come back and tell it to me,
eyes just like the olivine sea,
we've found truth here beneath the apple tree
when it happens to you. by tiredeyessoftlight, literature
Literature
when it happens to you.
when the media screams suicide
does it hit a little harder now?
when they say three bullets
do you wonder why they count?
when they say he'll never walk again
and she'll never sing
do you wonder who decides this
and why their word counts for everything?
do you know now that it's possible
to die from aneurism at age ten
or contract terminal cancer
when there are still places you've never been?
is there anything more real
than the funeral of a friend?
the final goodbye
the last of the end
this story's a sad one
so when i tell you to love
i hope you can understand
before your view is from above
paper sailing boats. by tiredeyessoftlight, literature
Literature
paper sailing boats.
I could have sworn that star was moving
even though i'm standing still
the boat I'm on is anchored
but the rocking is so beautiful.
You set your course for North
and left your anchorage in the bay
caught the wind in your sails
and sailed on away.
Each of us had always known
you didn't belong here and now that you've grown
and flown off for much bigger places and things
I see birds in cages find less reason to sing.
Now we're separated by ten thousand
nautical miles and one hundred islands
the most important thing I have to tell you
is love deeply, forgive and enjoy everything you do.
with scissors and glue. by tiredeyessoftlight, literature
Literature
with scissors and glue.
I think that when God made me
he'd run out of the defining parts
that make each brand new person
a brand new work of art
And so said God, I'll make you
a colourless empty shell
you'll take a part of each person you meet
and make it part of you as well.
when it happens to you. by tiredeyessoftlight, literature
Literature
when it happens to you.
when the media screams suicide
does it hit a little harder now?
when they say three bullets
do you wonder why they count?
when they say he'll never walk again
and she'll never sing
do you wonder who decides this
and why their word counts for everything?
do you know now that it's possible
to die from aneurism at age ten
or contract terminal cancer
when there are still places you've never been?
is there anything more real
than the funeral of a friend?
the final goodbye
the last of the end
this story's a sad one
so when i tell you to love
i hope you can understand
before your view is from above