Isn’t it comforting to think that we are all connected by these same stars?
Though some of us may be may be separated-
      by distance
      by heartbreak
      by death..
when we look up into the night sky, we all see those same divine stars
                      that same glowing moon
         That same lurking darkness that has NEVER been able to withhold from us the purity of the heavenly bodies which it contains

Think about the people we once were
The brilliance of these stars reaches even across time itself in order to craft a bridge connecting who we were with who we are and who we ever will be
so that- as long as we remain underneath these timeless stars, we are united by the efforts of 10,000 selves
United by all sixty-seven times our hearts      
                        are shattered
             by every passion or desire we         
                       will ever discover
United by every existential silence that
         reveals the world to us in a new light

Perhaps the night sky is truly the greatest
         Present that time has given us
In this world where every moment has no    
         other destiny but to be swept away
          by the tide of time,
The night sky remains the one constant we may study in order to connect with the entire genealogy of human kind

While I lay underneath these stars,
     though I may be lonely
I find comfort in the fact that I may never
      truly be alone

Is this normal-
How I feel
When I’m thinking of you and your pictures with him on Facebook?
Is it nomal-
How it fills me with rage when he gives you that little look
I don’t think his heart drops the same way when
He looks in your eyes-
Butterflies can’t compare the way I feel

I promise my darling
That it hurts
When he’s holding your hand and his smile carves your dimples
Yeah, it hurts
That you can’t love me the same
Why can’t it be that simple?
You own a piece of my soul so I
Could never be whole
We all have a pain,
Mine has a name because it’s you

And I can’t stand to be that man
You only call when you’re lonely that
He don’t have the time to spend on you-
Or almost anyone..
And I don’t think my heart could be more numb than when I’m with you babe
We all have a pain-
Mine’s got a name.

Ain’t it crazy
How I’m still
Hung over in love that we coul’ve had but missed it?
Yes, it’s true
I’m fighting a battle you’ve never known existed
You’ve got your problems you deal with
And I do too
We all have a pain-
Mine has a name because it’s you

I wonder if there’s still a chance
For future mutual romance
Maybe time could be the key-
Or pull the rug so then you’d fall for me
And I wish that my three words
Could charm your lips to return the phrase
“I love you the same”..
But that’s just not our fate

I know it’s true
It’s only you-
The one who’d tear my heart in two
Once piece that longs to be happy
And one that morns eternally
Altogether I know I’m better off forgetting my worst mistake
My number one pain
Has got a name

My pain has a name
And it’s insane
That it’s you

And for the night,
I smiled as I sipped the drips
from my sorrows' tourniquet.
But, if only it were easier in the morn
To wrestle with the darkness-
Or perhaps the light..
At least my darkness isn’t conveniently pocket-sized