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To take a picture from my eye
Or what a wonder it would be

Snap it up like a memory
Hold the painting forever more

Such beauty that can never be captured
No mater how hard man tries
Oh such a feeble thing
Holding life in one's hands

To watch life come in the world
And watch it leave

Such a feeble thing
Letters and words in ink

A mortal body is different
Such strange knowledge in ones mind

If only
If only I could express what this feeling is
If only I could write every thought I have
If only I could write the history I know

It would be so simply, really
I should be happy
I should be thrilled

Counting the days off
Till I see a friend

Getting to enjoy simple pleasures
And rediscovering myself in them

And yet
Through all the holiday joy

I'm numb
And drained

Perhaps I do carry the world
When I make everyone else feel better
And don't have enough for myself
Why is it
that everything must be
determined by numbers

How many likes
How many shares
How much it costs

Everything but how many hours it takes
to create something

A poem is mere seconds
A painting is hours
A craving is days
A photo is months
A book is years

but a memory is a lifetime

So when did we as conscious humans
start rating each other
on a number
to determine our worth?
Why do I jump before told
Why do I run when I'm scared
Why do I hide in fear

Oh silly mind
oh silly heart
oh silly instinct

Nothing could be worse
then the thorns on my arms
and being forced to move
Oh silly me
for falling in love

Oh silly me
for thinking it would be possible

Oh silly me
For falling for you

Simple and sweet
**** and dangerous

Yet I care
Oh silly me
Such a simple thing
The concept of looking beyond flaws
Understanding a person
Inside and out
Choosing them to cherish and hold
To guide and protect you

Should have been a happy moment
Rewatching a classic
Smiling that I resembled the main character
Laughing that I had her personality

But I didn't laugh
I didn't smile
Because all I saw

Was a little girl, who called her father a beast
And fell in love with a little devil instead
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