The bark is the mistakes along the way,
The squirrel holes are the passed up opportunities,
The twigs are failed attempts,
But despite all this there are thick healthy branches,
That couldn't be made possible without all its other parts.

I'd hate to recognize how good this is because then I'll know what I'm missing when it's over,
And I don't wanna admit you're perfect for me because that implies no one else can measure up,
And that's scary because if it ends then it'll be like the floor is ripped from under my feet,
Because then you can be with whomever you meet...

To be continued...

The sun rises each morning,
Just remember the night will fall.
Every dream had you,
All plans led to you,
Why couldn't you see?
That you were my shadow.

Our fingers locked,
Our heads held high,
You were my everything,
Why couldn't you see?
That you were my shadow.

We shared the same thoughts,
We so easily ******...the rest of the world.
1.2.3.4 months later,
We changed so much,
We became each other.
We couldn't look back; nothing mattered.

Then everything crumbled,
Everything came tumbling down,
I was left with nothing to protect me from the sun.
It was like sunglasses with no lenses,
It was like an umbrella without a dome.

My shadow faded, the day was done.
And now I see the sun.

When denial isn't covering anything,
Everyone can see the truth,
They see right through your smiles.
You can't stop thinking about that last night,
It was long,
It was great.
But now you're dwelling.
You miss me.

Everything reminds me of you,
Everything smells just like you,
I got that taste that tastes like you,
But everytime...it slips away.

I miss you.
But things will never be the same,
I held you so close,
We kissed for so long,
You knew everything,
But something went wrong.
I miss you.

As I lay right here,
I could think about you for hours,
Thoughts wandering,
But never repeating,
Everything is changing,
Everything is a blur,
But one thing is remaining,
This I know,
I wanna be in your arms forever,
Never let me go,
I want you to hold me tighter,
Never let me go,
Cause everything is right,
When I'm with you.

I can deal with all your *******,
I can handle it tonight,
When I'm with you,
I feel so much happier being free,
But all of this is changing much too fast for me.

I didn't realize what I lost,
Didn't realize what we had,
I didn't know how it would feel,
But after I shoved you away,
After you said you're "a-ok,"
Now all I want is you,
Now I got it straight,
This I know.

Ever since I was three,
There was nothing that could scare me,
You’d get more excited than I ever could,
But I’d be sitting right beside you just to see how it looked,
****-o-lanterns, dummies, ghouls in the microwave,
My birthdays were only special cause you made them that way.
No, it was never even close.
I like spending time with you the most.

I don’t know when, and I don’t know why,
But you knew I always had to cry,
Holding me in your arms, and not too many questions,
Cause you pulled me off the ouch,
Wiped away my tears,
And with those cookies subsided all my fears,
Don’t think I ever told you,
But I think it’s worth knowing,
That it was never even close,
I like my time with you the most.

No one ever tells you,
And that’s why I am,
It always made me happy when you’d tuck me in bed,
You noticed the numbers on the clock,
And you’d somehow make that obsession of mine into normal talk.

Your age is nothing to fear,
No one can guess within twenty years,
And I love looking just like you,
Cause  I know everyone says you’re pretty,
Now I think you know:
It was never even close, I like my time with you the most.

I miss what we apparently never had,
I don't know what I was thinking when I told you how I felt,
I guess I thought your heart would melt,
But you were too proud,
I liked it better when I didn't know what we were,
When I still had hope for what we could be, what we might be.

I always thought ignorant was the worst thing I could be,
But now that I know what's real I feel ******* (for lack of a better word) than ever.
The truth has never felt so cold and blunt.
I know what you felt was real.
It wasn't a mistake, and it wasn't a waste of time,
Soon you'll realize there's no time to waste.
This is what we've been waiting for.