I have been discriminated
But I refuse to be intimidated
For I am a victim of racism
But it isn't my fault.

Take into consideration
About my situation
That I am a target of racism
But it isn't my fault.

Being put into humiliation
Caused my frustration
Because I am a prey of racism
But it isn't my fault.

I have done an investigation
About the contamination
Of our population
Called racism
And it is society's fault

I have a crush on you
Sadly
I am only a bug
And you are a garden

I have a crush on you
Sadly
I am only the moon
And you are the milky way

I have a crush on you
Sadly
I am only a human
And you are a skyscraper

You have crushed me
Sadly
For I am only a bug
And you are a garden

I'm disappointed in real life
I'm disappointed in me
I'm disappointed in true lies
I'm disappointed in me

I'm disappointed by the way I
Think
Eat
Breathe
Live
Walk
Grow
Wonder
And I hate myself for it

I want to destroy everything
And anything
Hearts
Walls
Barriers
Glass
Hopes
Dreams
And I hate myself for it

I'm disappointed in the people that
Gave up
Killed
Did the wrong thing
Cheated
Lied
And I'm disappointed in me
For not stopping them

I'm disappointed of how I think so cruel
Why do I do that?
Why can't I just run away from it all?
I'm disappointed

I'm disappointed in me
Because I break things

I'm disappointed in me
Because I cry when I don't need to
But then I don't when I do

I'm disappointed
Because nobody stopped me
From being
Disappointed in
Me
Myself
I
Everyone
In between
And outside of
The box

I'm disappointed
I'm disappointed
In me
I'm disappointed
I'm disappointed

It was nice outside
A warm afternoon
The sun was shining
During the month of June

It was fairly windy
So we went to the park
My father and I
We would stay until dark

He brought a kite
"My favorite," he said
As he tugged the kite
And loosened the thread

"I found this baby
Before you were born
And it's the only one
I've ever adored"

I smiled at him
He looked very proud
Looking at his favorite kite
Flying among the clouds

It was the first time in a while
To have a smile from ear to ear
Because not long before
My mother disappeared

I tried to keep my mind off her
I had to think of something else
Other than the way she laughed
Or how she dressed or smelled

So I stared at the kite
And I laid back
I kept my eye on it
To help me relax

I tried not to think, but
The kite reminded me of her
So I kept my eye on the kite
And everything else was a blur

The way the kite fought
Against the wind
Reminded me of my mother
And the way she grinned

Metaphorically, I thought
The kite was my mother
Because of the way it carried itself
Reminded me of her

The kite was just like my mom
It had the same skin
I could have sworn that this kite
Was my mother's twin

The way the kite flew
Thought it was better than the rest
It's as if this flight
Was for all to test

If my mother was a kite
This kite would be her
Because often times my mother
Had delusions of grandeur

This kite was my mother
I could have sworn
Because where my mom had scars
The kite was torn

Then I saw something on that kite
That frightened me a tad
That kite had the same tattoo
As the one my mother had

The forest of skeletons
Where each one was naked
And each branch of bone
Had a color dark and faded

Where life was once existent
Is now a flame that doesn't burn
But the desire still exists
For that life to return

What's left is a large perimeter
Of skeletons hanging low
In every visible place
The skeletons refused to grow

But as time passed
A light shined through
The skeletons were no longer naked
As their skin grew

The skin was green
And bright and vivid
Stimulating colors
The light gifted

Flowers grew
On every skeleton in every corner
On top of the forest
Where the climate was warmer

The forest of skeletons
Where each one was thriving
Was now a forest of life
With spring arriving

Time can be measured in
Days and months
Time can be measured in
Kisses and hugs

Time can be measured in
Tragedies and pain
Time can be measured in
How many lions are tamed

Time can be measured in
Clouds in the sky
Time can be measured in
Tears that I cry

Time can be measured in
Tests taken
Time can be measured in
Plates of bacon

Time can be measured in
Promises broken
Time can be measured in
Words spoken

Time can be measured in
Ticks and tocks
Time can be measured in
Seconds on the clock

Time can be measured in
Various ways
Time can be measured in
Months and days

Time can be measured in
However you like
But my favorite measurement
Is the melting of ice

Shame doesn't register
Reality is my competitor
I never lost touch with my emotions
Because I've never developed them

The condition of my mind
Is abnormally blind
I don't have emotions
They are all undefined

I've lost touch with true existence
Because it has no significance
No longer living in reality
Fantasy is my residence

I see pleasure in pain,
Burning buildings, and planes
While I may look calm
My true intentions are contained

Able to fool you with a fresh batch of lies
I can mentally count how many lives
I'm willing to steal
Once I take off my disguise

Indignation runs through my blood
Wrath and fury will often flood
The only way I can suppress those outbursts
Is with alcohol and drugs

I am viciously angry but detached
Thoughts of ****** will perhaps
Inspire me to wreck, intrude,
And attack

I will grab the weapons that are closest
Again I will enter hypnosis
I am insanity
And I have psychosis

My happy place is inside headphones
Away from telephones
In between earphones
Home, sweet

Away
From the step-monsters
From violence
From arguments
Home

Listening to
Music
Peace
Home, sweet

My happy place is inside home
Away from conversation
In seclusion
Home
Home, sweet
*Home

You stick this stick in your mouth
Puff it until it burns out

You fill your lungs up with tar
Like putting sand in a jar

While your loved ones surround
You start smoking around

They're filling their lungs up too
They're gonna die because of you

Do you think this relieves you
When this stick of death diseases you?

Death is doin' a strip tease
He's strippin' more as your cigs increase

But this stick takes off your stress
Takin' one out cause you feel depressed

What is a cigarette? Is the question
Hurting others making you feel pleasant

Is the cigarette a candle of hope, or death's tease?
As you wish, as you please

The day began as a living mausoleum
There wasn't one man that could find light or freedom
From living like dead men without a reason
We needed something to strengthen, not weaken
The unborn revelation
Of feeling defeated by demons
Isn't what we wanted to believe in

We were stiff like statues
We didn't want to die not knowing the truth
The anguish withdrew
The joy and turned into
A feeling we never knew
Faith popped like a balloon
Because hope departed a little too soon

Each of us had one foot in the grave
Our souls were dark like caves
Our minds were lost in a maze
Our hearts began to decay
Our veins bursted like grenades
There was no way to escape
Grief treating us like slaves

I asked my mom where Papa was
She said he got a new job
And it's better than the old one

He's wanted it for 3 years
Because his old one didn't give him money
And his new one passed it out like candy

He had two jobs for a while
With his first he got a promotion
But it was too much work

So he was always late to his first
Because his second was more fun
And eventually he got a promotion

He quit his first job without warning
He left his office supplies too
His old boss burned them because he quit

I miss Papa I tell my mom
I miss him too my mom tells me
But the good in him died

Is he an evil man
He is not an evil man
But the good in him died

When will he come home
He will not come home
Because the good in him died

The funny thing is...
People will constantly
Want to tear you down

They will tell you
To reach for the stars
But tell you to dream "realistically"

They will tell you
To speak your mind
Then punish you for speaking the truth

They will tell you
That because other people are suffering
It means that you can't be upset

They will tell you
that the best you'll ever be
Is the worst they'll ever be

They will promise
To give you privacy
But watch your every move

They will promise
To give the truth
But sugarcoat you with lies

They will promise
To give you safety
But destroy what's yours

They will promise
To give you respect
But will spit on your shoes

They will promise
To give you dignity
But will try to prove your worthlessness

They will tell you
To breathe
But will suffocate you

They will tell you
To run
But withhold you with chains

They will tell you
To be optimistic
But will eradicate positivity

They will tell you
To be free
But will hold you down in *******

The funny thing is...
People will constantly
Tear you down

I gave myself a bruise today
I didn't do it for fun
I did it for three reasons
This was reason one

I was born into a broken family
A broken family of four
It came to a point where this broken family
Just couldn't work anymore

I knew my parents wanted it to happen
My brother did too
They asked me, "Mom or Dad.
Choose."

I think I chose the wrong one
Because that one had a package
It gave me eternal scars
Ones that I couldn't bandage

Why did they ask me to choose
When I was only six?
It left damages that last forever
Ones that I cannot fix

That was reason one
Why I gave myself the bruise
They put all this pressure on me
But here is reason two

I feel like an outcast
Like I don't belong in this world
I feel like an ugly rock
While the rest are all pearls

Nothing I do feels right
I feel like I don't fit in
But it's not because of my
Face or my body or my skin

It is because of my family
People look at them weird
People say the harshest things
As if they couldn't hear

I know they are different
But why do you care
About what they do or who they are
Or what they wear?

That was the second reason
Why I gave the bruise to me
I understand that they are different
But here is reason three

I can't be myself
In my every day life
Because myself is unacceptable
And the opposite of lady-like

I like to yell
And play with the dirt
People say I wear pants
When I should wear a skirt

I like to wear my hair high
Up in a ponytail
I have stretch marks on my thighs
They are my years written in braille

I don't like to wear makeup
I think I look better without
Myself is unacceptable
Why can't myself be allowed?

I can't be myself
Because myself isn't approved
And that is the third reason
Why I gave myself the bruise

I kicked a rock
On my way back home
It was a beautiful day
No clouds, no snow

I was down the street
Getting the mail
A dog was barking at me
And wagging his tail

It was neither hot
Nor cold
It was a beautiful memory
That I will forever hold

But that rock reminded me
Of something peculiar
But I didn't know what it was
It was unfamiliar

How could I remember?
I've seen so many rocks
I couldn't think of anything
Like I had writers' block

I knew there was something
I just had to think deep
And if I don't figure it out
I would feel incomplete

And then it hit me
At the speed of light
I've used this rock before
In the middle of the night

I felt the guilt again
It ran through my veins
It was the night my favorite shirt
Became bloodstained

"It couldn't be," I said
"I thought you disappeared"
An idea came to my mind
And I froze in fear

I turned the rock over
And I saw some blood
"Yes" I assured myself
"This is the one"

It was that misty night
In 1993
When the love of my life
Let go of me

It wasn't an average break-up
Not average indeed
He pushed me so hard
I fell to my knees

He was supposed to be on his knees
But he pushed me to mine
So I took the rock and branded his body
My name was what I signed

At that moment it hit me
The love of my life is dead
I tried so hard to remember
But all I want to do is forget

I came back to my senses
And took the rock in my hand
I squeezed it as hard as I could
And came up with a plan

I never understood why he pushed me
But my life with him was good
I never wanted to be alone
But alone I stood

I grabbed the dull end of the rock
The sharp side facing me
I remembered my promise with him
"Forever we will be"

I prepared for my last breath
Right then I exhaled
I branded my body
Silence prevailed

I fell to the ground
On my knees once more
Ready to see the love of my life
Mi amor

My mail soaked up my blood
Diminished I will be
The bracelet around my ankle was unhooked
I am free

No longer alive
My soul is above my body
The truth and blood
Both engulf me

Two people have gone
Out of this world
Branded by one rock
Are a boy and a girl

The rock can be known
As nothing or all
And unlike money
It can't be withdrawn

I can no longer breathe
Inhale or exhale
I branded two bodies
Silence prevails

Left with spades, clubs, diamonds
Because you stole my heart

I wake up
In the middle of the night
And realize
I'm trapped

I try to
Free myself from what I'm in
But find out
I'm strapped

I strain to
Untie these ropes I'm bound to
Till I hear
A crack

I listen
To strange sounds that I don't know
And I hear
Two snaps

I feel I'm
Not in a big room
But pact

I feel as if I'm being lowered
Like an elevator
I hear loud sobs and I feel cold
Like a refrigerator
And then it hits me

I woke up
In the middle of the night
And realized
I'm trapped

No noises to make
For people to hear
And no way to react

I try to distract
Myself because I can't
Accept the fact
That

I'm buried alive
And I'm *trapped

You are not a nice person
You are racist
You are sexist
Therefore, I don't love you

You are not a moral person
You hit
You harm
Therefore, I don't love you

You are not a good friend
You break promises
You break hearts
Therefore, I don't love you

You are not a good player
You cheat
You lie
Therefore, I don't love you

You are not a good bandage
You sting
You rip
Therefore, I don't love you

You are not a good tissue
You don't dry
You don't help
Therefore, I don't love you

You paid for my meal
In full
With tip
Still, I don't love you

You picked me up when I fell
Grabbed my hand
Dusted the sand
Still, I don't love you

You taught me new things
To play
To draw
Still, I don't love you

You lead me the right way
Supported
Guided
Still, I don't love you

You helped me become me
Inspired
Enlightened
Still, I don't love you

You cushioned my fall
Protected
Preserved
Still, I don't love you

I don't love you
After all you've done
I still don't love you
After all you've done

I don't love you
Because you don't love me
And when one person loves
True love can never be

The light from your cigarette
Illuminated the path
I knew it would burn out
But I wanted it to last

Walking with you made everything better
You made my feet feel like a bus
Each step was a stop; getting lighter
You made my body feel a rush

You told me that
The present is too dreamy
Unlike the past
Because it is linked with no memory

And I told you that
Although my shell is straight
My shadow is crumbling
And I am held down by its weight

And so we walked on
While you shared your wisdom
And I felt free
Unleashed from my prison

Your thoughts were surreal
I wanted to plant seeds in your skull
Because your mind was so bright
That the flowers would grow

Our steps became synchronized
Together as we walked
And our minds were open
Our secrets unlocked

Then the light from your cigarette
Burned out at last
But the luminosity of your mind
Illuminated the path

Ignited
Don't get too close
Or you will be
Devastated

Ignored
Don't hover over
Or you will be
Stung

Bursted
Don't dive in
Or  you will be
Withered

Ignored
As you got too close
Hovered over
Dove in
All you are is
Burned

I am weak
Emotionally
Physically

What has made me
Feeble?
Distance.

Everyday I lose my
Strength
Passion

To live is
Painful
Lonely

What has made me
Frail?
Distance.

Distance
From people
Places

My family
My home
My life

Distance
seemed so
Distant

From the life I
Happily lived
Home

Sadness
Seemed
Inconceivable

I am weaker
Physically
Emotionally

Why do I
Suffer?
Sense?

The pain is
Numbing
Desensitizing

Photographs
Of the
Past

Bring back
Memories
Not built to last

The smell
I
Reminisce

Burns through my
Nose
Since

Distance
seemed so
Distant

Before I
Fell
Collapsed

Now I am
Different
Unusual

Because I am
Feeble
Frail

I am the weakest
Emotionally
Physically
Generally

Distance
              ­  seemed so
                                    Distant

Distance
        ­                              seemed so
                                                              ­                 Distant


Distance                                               ­           
                                                     ­                        seemed so
                                                              ­                                                                 ­                               Distant

I have a secret
That nobody knows
It is hidden in the blackness
That is my soul

And in the blackness
That is my soul
My secret lies there
And it glows

Sometimes this secret
Comes and goes
But what I'm most worried about
Is if this secret shows

My secret burns
And it hurts my eyes
But I can't let it go
It controls my life

It speaks a language that
I don't quite understand
It departed
When I wanted it to land

I can barely breathe
It strangles my neck
I wake up every morning
Not knowing what's next

It eliminated my dignity
Along with my pride
I can't run from it
It pulls me in like riptides

When I think of my secret
I feel fear
No matter what environment, place
Or atmosphere

It is something I wish
I could easily hide
But I can't camouflage it
No matter how hard I try

The pain it makes me feel
I wish it could end
Impressed by its hypnosis
My secret I commend

It will never ground
It will always take flight
It will intrude everyday
For the rest of my life

Forever jailed
It will never be free
I can never decode
The secret within me

By thirteen years old, you were counting calories
By fifteen, you were eating none
You were losing weight, month by month
Puking until you felt numb

A look in the mirror
Was a look in the eyes
Of something destructive;
The wrong size

Clutching your love handles
Replacing love with hate
Regretting anything and everything
That you ever ate

Counting each rib
Every time you got the chance
This delirious disease
Has caught you in a trance

You say "I'm okay"
When you're really not
You starved yourself
And it's hard to talk

You feel proud of yourself
For doing what you wanted
When the only thing you should be feeling
Is boundlessly haunted

Ready to go out tonight
"I hope I look okay"
But you don't
Not today

Your face is just a skull
Your body a skeleton
You think you can hide it
But it is evident

Your friends don't realize it
But you're slowly decaying
How could they not see
The sight you're displaying?

It is engraved in your mind
That you have to look perfect
Like the supermodels you see
But is your life worth it?

You don't want to see curves
You want to see bone
Because having skin
Is fat alone

Disappointed that all your clothes
Are not size zeros
You feel destroyed
Like you look like hippos

Believe it or not
I think you look great
You should love your body
Not hate

It's time to take a chance
And love yourself
You look fine
Even in size one-twelve

Throw away those razors
Bring in the food
You look beautiful
In the ****

I love every part of you
Because you are special
From your face to your feet
And every vessel

You are okay
You will recover
Your body looks great
Naked or covered

You are beautiful
Let nobody tell you unlike
You are special
So shine in the sunlight

Beginning to inhale, then exhale
I read my body in braille
No sound was made
Silence prevailed

Not a breath was taken, not a word spoken
Eye contact was never broken
As I looked in the mirror, I saw my soul
And I saw it with eyes wide open

I looked at my reflection across
It tried to weave through my mind like floss
And I could tell from the look of her face
She spoke the language of the lost

The ocean was caged in my eyes
I felt I were a beast in disguise
And I saw that the mirror
Was my beacon in the veil of the night

Like the bristles of a brush, her lashes drew me in
And by the persuasion of her eyes, I was convinced
That it hurt to know it takes a life
To learn how to live

I traveled the twisted pathways of her mind
Each inch was unrefined
Though I wanted to untangle
I was hopelessly intertwined

I saw skyscrapers turn to rain
And people drowning in their pain
Because no matter how fast we swim
We'll lose the human race

It seemed that feeling out of place
Is simply fear of what's changed
And some things have no reason
And some that can't be explained

Through her eyes, I realized
I've committed solitary suicide
No longer alone, I found that
My ground could be somebody's sky

Closing my eyes, I covered the mirror with a veil
I have freed myself, no longer jailed
No sound was made
Silence prevailed

I could have sworn I had the green light
So I sped through the intersection
But I had to think fast
Because of a car coming my direction

My muscles were frozen like ice
I couldn't defend from the attack
So physics did its thing
As everything went black

I awoke in the same spot
With blood trickling out my ears
I couldn't hear anything
But my eyes could see quite clear

The driver in the other car didn't move
And I could tell he wouldn't ever
Even though it wasn't my fault
His life was gone forever

Adrenaline rushed through my veins
I didn't know what to do
I couldn't think so I panicked
Running so fast I flew

This was an unfamiliar place
I didn't know this city
I was blinded by the darkness
Drowning as it swallowed me

All the streets were different
Like I was born again
But I didn't feel alone
For the night was my friend

The silence was so loud
Yet all I heard was my mind
So I wanted to keep running
Until the end of time

There were no obstacles in my path
The streets were completely empty
I thought I would run out of energy
But it was evident I had plenty

And thats when I stopped to see
My moment of truth
I veered off the road
And jumped on a roof

I sat my self down
As I started to realize
That I needed to stop running
And covering the truth with lies

I told myself to face my fears
And in that moment that was when
I began to start all over
Like I was born again

Sometimes I'm afraid to say goodbye
Even though there's nobody to say goodbye to
I'm scared of not making it
Even though the only way out is through

I feel like I'm the burnt bulb
In a row of Christmas lights
And I'm not afraid of death
Because I'm afraid of life

I don't need showers
Because I bathe in my tears
And sometimes I wish all of my wallowing
Will somehow disappear

The way I treat myself
To some is unbecoming
But the only way to preserve my sanity
Is to make everything numbing

When I wake up in the morning
My insides feel hollow
And I feel that way till I close my eyes
And I'll repeat that routine tomorrow

Everyone else around me
Seems happy as can be
They've made it through the door of content
For that, I'll need a key

They seem to have all worries behind them
While I'm under a raincloud
I want to be happy like them
But I guess I'm not allowed

I'm going to have to say goodbye
Even though there's nobody to say goodbye to
I'm afraid I'm not going to make it
Because I can't seem to make it through

"You're so lucky,"
Or so I've been told
Because I haven't seen a ******
Heartless war unfold

But indeed I have
I have seen
The other half
Of the screen

It may not have been hell
Or heaven or both
But I have heard screams of help
As they were the host

A pest has finished
Two before my eyes
They were diminished
By the devil in disguise

Demon, Lucifer,
or even Hate
This thing is sinister
Never underestimate

He chews the lives
Of all the innocent
Puts hands in their knives
Knives like an instrument

This thing is clever
He rushes through veins
Mistaken for pleasure
Drives people insane

All those guilty
Please step forward
Dressed in silk, he
Is cornered

By all the believers
Who hate him so
But they are the receivers
Of his own

They use him against him
The devil in disguise
He is what's within
Although we despise

This thing is deranged
This thing is treason
But this thing arranged
All of the seasons

Day or night,
he will be there.
Just like He might
To make it fair.

If we can't have night
We can't have day
If we don't hear "I might"
We won't hear "Okay"

The devil in disguise
Balances it out
Whether you live with light
Or without

The devil in disguise
Can show you the wrong way
But without him by your side
You wouldn't be here today.

Life is a mountain
But I will climb
If that's what it takes
To get to the other side

There will be pebbles, rocks, and boulders
Trying to make me fall
But I will hold on
To this mountain's wall

Life is a goal
And I will achieve
And nothing is ever
Gonna get the best of me

Like the moon
You're pulling me to shore
And I can't
Be your ocean anymore

Because of you
Everything went wrong
I don't even like
My favorite song

I'm empty
I've run out of ammo
Even though you're there
I'm talking to a shadow

I'm not buying
The lies that you sell
I won't last
With you I can't dwell

And just now
I've decided to leave
And no longer
Will I be deceived

Maybe I should
Leave a note behind
Just in case I
Change my mind

But I don't
It's not what you deserve
And hopefully
Someday you will learn

Now I'll be
Crying out your name
And I'll just
Drink away this pain

Things haven't been the same
Since the day you came

Breathing is easier
But loving is harder

Living is simple
But wishing is impossible

Days are unforgettable
But nights are long

Stars are brighter
But the moon doesn't exist

Peace surrounds us
But war is among us

And things just haven't been the same
Since the day you came

Why can't we see beauty
In all things that die?
Is it because we are afraid
Of saying goodbye?

We see art in the leaves
That fall in the autumn
But they are dying
Descending to the bottom

And we pick flowers
For the ones we adore
And the life in that flower
Cannot be restored

So why do we see beauty
In only some things that die?
Maybe it will always be a mystery
And we'll never know why

I am ugly from the skin
But lovely from within

You were the headlights
That guided me through my night

My life is a cancer
My brother the tumor
My father the cells
The host:
My mother.

I, am the witness of the sister
of my brother
that pities.
Though pity is what
I dislike the most.
Aside from coercion...

S H att E ring L i Ps from My salty tEars
Distract me from the
ruckus that is cancer.

It used to bother me that nobody listened
I was the ringing phone that was never picked up
It seemed that I was an island

It used to bother me that nobody paid attention
I was the shoe that was never tied
It seemed that I was a bare planet

It used to bother me that nobody cared
I was the pen that never wrote
It seemed that I was completely alone

But it no longer bothers me
Because I picked up myself
I liberated myself

I didn't feed off of attention
I tie my own shoe
I give myself company

Nobody but me cares
I write my own story
It seems that I am an island

You can have the city
I don't want it anymore
So I laid a map of the city streets
Beside your front door
I know it's a large gift
But in no way will it restore
The fact that our attempt at love
Ended in a war

Over the years
I've grown
And I've learned
That plans change
People leave
And happiness is temporary

Over the years
I've seen
And I've heard
That we're alone
Through life
And when we die

Over the years
I've discovered
And understood
That no one cares
Whoever you are
And tears are worthless

Over the years
I've flourished
And I've grasped
That people change
People leave
And happiness is temporary

The internet rapes us
And school suffocates us
We try to escape it
But freedom hates us

I strain to unleash
Myself from this beast
Trying to escape
But freedom hates me

Striving for the best
I begin my quest
I try to capture
But freedom's a pest

In my hand
I hold the key
Not for freedom
But *stability

You looked good
So I picked you out
And I saw that you were beautiful

You were sweet
So I took a bite
And I found that you made me feel good

I was hungry
So I ingested all of you
And I found that you were not what I expected

You were a pit
So I spit you out
And I realized I was a fool for believing you were more

She was clean as paper
Before the poem
Her body was an empty acre
Before the home

Until one day
A man touched her body
She was led astray
Because of his hobby

And so they vowed forever
For her to clean plates
For him to grab his sweater
So he can finally escape

"What will you do when you grow up?"
"When I'm rich, I'm gonna give"
"If you're rich"
"When"

"Where will you live when you grow up?"
"When I'm successful, I'm gonna live everywhere"
"If you're successful"
"When"

"What is your goal when you grow up?"
"When I'm hopeful, I'm gonna be happy"
"If you're hopeful"
"When"

"When will you grow up?"
"If I grow up"
"When"
"If"

I am a tree
And I have alot of leaves
Remember that time you hurt her?
I cried for me

I am a tree
And I have plenty of leaves
Remember the time you hurt you?
I cried for me

I am a tree
And I have some leaves
Remember the time you hurt you?
I cried for me

I am a tree
And I have little leaves
Remember the time you hurt you?
I cried for me

I am a tree
And I am running out of leaves
Remember the time you hurt you?
I cried for me

I am a tree
But I have no leaves
The leaves didn't represent patience
They represented tears that fell out of me

I am a paper menu
And I don't have barbeque
Remember the time you hurt us?
I cried for you

After all that rain
Thunder, lightning, clouds, and all
A rainbow appears