i look into your brown eyes,
autumn leaves swirling inside,
us laying down on a rainy day
as fall breezes past.
i see a future.

i feel your soft, ***** blonde hair,
and you feel like home.
i want to embrace that scent
for the rest of my life.

i press against your chest,
feel your heart pounding,
want to capture every beat,
make a playlist of it,
so i can hear our love
on stereo.

now i know what love is.
i’m sure i do.

i think i found peace,
you and i were not meant to  
but i still look back.  

someone checks my list,  
life is full, bright, and moving,  
yet you cross my mind.  

was it even love?  
then i feel how much i cared,  
yes, it surely was.

she brings the rain, soft and slow,  
a hush of silver, a gentle glow.  
yes, i care for springtime bright,  
but care for nothing in her light.  

she brings the rain, the world turns grey,  
yet melts the clouds, she clears the way.  
in dawn’s embrace, so cool, so wide,  
she brings the rain, i stand inside.

when i talk back, do you feel the rage
a storm inside, a tightening cage?
would you strike, would you scream, let the fury begin?
or is that your father, staring within?

i see the shadow in your gaze,
a past that lingers, sharp as blades.
the echo of him, cold and grim
tell me, love… are you just like him?

Once a hand held me,  
now I rust in silent dirt,  
spikes dulled by lost wars.

Moonlight softly glows,  
are your eyes upon it too?  
Hearts drift, unknowing.

Unloved, I have felt,  
You love me now, but would you  
Call me your daughter?