To be a tree
I would be tall and mighty
I would provide food for the beings of nature:
The insects, the birds, the rodents, the fungi
I would provide them shelter:
A home for families of squirrels, birds, and owls
And when my leaves would fall in the cold
I would give the insects and the rodents shelter,
A place to rest in the leaf litter
And I will give the soil nutrients

Kids would try to climb my branches
High enough to reach the sky
Though I wouldn't let them
Maybe one day
I will be met with someone who's soul is with nature
Her heart would be full of
Forests, plains and meadows, and mountains
She would treat me like a being,
Embrace me and climb to the sky
And when the wind blows through my leaves
I would whisper to her
The tales of the past,
Of the beginnings of Earth

The moon is full tonight
It shines brighter than the street lamps
Brighter than the stars
However, the light in you
Was brighter

Your hypocrisy is no surprise
you choose to close your mind
than open your eyes

I've had months
But the tears are still there
You've been gone for a while
But I still expect you to be here

Practice makes perfect
Is what they say
But what if I'm not perfect
And mess up everyday

There is no land
beneath my feet
I'm sinking
in the ocean deep

She was chosen
"save the world,"
they told her
but she couldn't

Sometimes I think about
how I give my heart to others.
That one day they will shatter it.
And I will shatter as well

As the sun set low beyond the horizon
It set the trees ablaze
their red leaves lit up like fire
But as the sun continued to fall
The warmth left
And in its place
The cold, dark night arose

There was this girl
She made decision
After decision
Until she pondered
What had become of her

Some say
She turned to stone
Waiting for her loved one
To come home

I look in the mirror
My hair's a mess
And I hate it
I pull at it
Pulling it out
And breaking off
The parts
I don't like

So crisp are your lies
For they are easily broken
You try to avoid the demise
For what you have stolen

I feel so heavy on this road
The way you hold me so
Just put me on my feet
So you shall be free

I soar through the sky
Through the clouds and the trees
I lay on the ground
And get stung by the bees
I smell the flowers
And can't help but sneeze
I use charcoal to read the graves
But I can't find your name

Left, right
Up, down
We're on a mission
To save the crown

Through the woods
Down the path
Creatures in the dark
We pass

Over the end
Flicking a switch
Forgetting all emotions

Our creation was our benefit
Now it will be our downfall
Because we didn't end it

Flowers have eyes
And they blink up at me
The trees have eyes
So many it's scary
The animals have eyes
More than just two
We have eyes
More than just a few

I pick a flower
And it screams
It pierces my ears
And makes them bleed

I look up at the ceiling
Pondering what I'm feeling
I want to take a picture
I want to play a song
I want to paint a picture
I want to dance along
But I look back to the ground
And I'm always somewhere else

I laugh
Because it's funny
No, it isn't
Because I'm bleeding

I look to the future
And there I see a picture
It might be all in my head
But there's only death

You didn't think it through,
Did you?
Now you're lost,
Because you don't know what to do

Rain, it comes on down
it washes the ground
it leaves behind an earthy smell
and soothing sounds

Until the day breaks
The moon will rise and
End with the crickets

Life is like a coloring book
You may color outside the lines
You may make mistakes;
You may use colors
You may feel happy;
You may use black and gray
You may feel sad;
You may not feel like coloring
You may not feel like anything;
You may hurt your wrists
You may experience troubles and pains;
You would finish the page
And life will feel complete

I love you so much
It hurts
Knowing that it'll never be true
'Cause I never knew how to love

I want to tell a story
But I don't know what to say
I'm feeling inspired
But not every day

I'm me
You're you
We're all different
It doesn't matter
We love
We hate
We're human

Instruments
They lay in cases
People get them out
And start to play

They're used to make such a beautiful melody

Instruments
I don't like them
The only sound they make
Is white noise

When you walk or move
Everyone and everything moves along
Everything but the sky
Is it even real?

Your face
Your eyes
I think about all the time

The moment
The picture
I keep replaying it in the future

I'm awake
I can't sleep
It feels like a dream

But I know it's not
I can't remember
They're blurring memories

The moon is outside my window
Telling me to go to sleep
I look for you among the stars
But I can't find you

Tick tock
Goes the clock
Time is running out
...
Tick tock
The clock has stopped
Your time has run out

I have a pain in my legs, and my right foot
I can't tell if it's from running,
being tense all the time,
or if it's growing pains

I have a sore throat
It hurts to swallow
You know, it's summer
But I think I'm catching a cold

I have a bruise on my head
A patch of hair missing the size of the nickle
I think it's from when I (accidentally)
Ran headfirst into a wall

I have an ache in my heart
A hole in my brain
I can't tell if it's from thinking too much
Or feeling too much
It's all the same

Wishing on dandelions
Watch their seeds fly up to heaven

I cry and cry
But it's behind my eyes

I may seem okay
But I am not okay
I hide behind a mask until it breaks
This world is insane
I don’t want to be sane

Drowning
No Breath
Push Away
Depressed

Broken
Shattered
Torn
Tattered

My stomach feels sick
I feel like I’m ill
In my throat I feel ******
Where are my pills
Getting jabbed by sticks
I’m not out for the ****

Who can I be
Everyone hates me
They try to be friends
But I don’t trust them

People are driving me crazy
The human race is insane
Everything’s looking hazy
I will never be the same

Blood is red
And red stains
Like the red slits
On my wrists
That leak red
in the drain
And that leak
pain

I’m not happy
I’m not sad
I’m still alive
But I feel dead

I’m wondering in the dark
Trying to find the light
Stuck in the lost
Where there’s no sky
Not a glimmer of hope
On where to find myself

Like knives cutting skin
Bullets digging in
Happiness flowing out
Grief flowing in
Lost in their own world
Hurdling down lower
Past the positive
To the negative
They forgot how to live

Surprise, Surprise
I might just die
It seems some of my friends
Have crossed the line

I Found Myself
Deep In the woods behind the house
I found me
Lost in space because of all the gravity
I found I
Bleeding on the floor about to die

Nothing will come from this
You say on our bed
Nothing will come from this
I repeat to your head

Dreams mean nothing to me
You say at the table
Dreams mean nothing to me
I repeat as I am able

We’ll all be nothing
You say as we stargaze
We’ll all be nothing
I repeat in a daze

You cover my face
You cover my eyes
You filter my mouth
Now all I tell are lies