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Ben Meraki Dec 2017
I love the way those beautiful eyes glisten in the sun,
The way you tilt your head when you listen to someone.
The way you told me all the things that trouble you.
How you consoled me when I felt so sad and blue.

But I'd keep walking for a thousand miles
just to see you smile.

I love the way you fiddle with just one strand of your hair
The way you look so good in everything you wear.
The way you sit and bring your knees up to your chest.
The way you clutch your sheets when you lie down to rest.

But I'd brave the ocean, swim a thousand miles
just to see you smile.

I love the way you go so far to be true to your friends,
and when we're down you always cheer us up again.
The way you laugh at all my silly little jokes.
The way you try so hard to look after your folks.

But I'd take a plane and fly ten thousand miles
just to see you smile.

I love the way you try to look so cute when you want more.
The way you greet me when I come to your front door.
The way you thank me when I buy you little things.
The way you always look at people when you sing.

When I'm alone, I often close my eyes a while
just to see your smile.

I love way I feel inside each time I see your face.
The way I'm made to feel so welcome at your place.
The way you're happy with the simple things in life,
and how when we differ you will find the compromise.

But I'd wait in solitude for my whole life
just to see you smile.

Because it always warms my heart to see you happy.
I think I loved you from the start when you smiled at me for the first time.

Your effortless perfection
fills my veins like an injection
of the cure to all my woes.
So I just wanted you to know

that I'd keep walking for a thousand miles
just to see you smile...

Just to see you smile.
To the one who changed my world beyond recognition. No words could ever tell you how much I love and cherish your friendship.
Ben Meraki Dec 2017
Lost amidst the blizzard, no idea of where to go.
An endless veil of blinding white. No life, no warmth, no hope.
Then feintly in the distance, a warm and welcome glow.
A beacon that can lead my way to sanctuary, and so


I summon what's left of my strength and walk a line so straight.
I know I must stay on this path and never deviate.
For if I can just reach this light, perhaps I can create
a fire to warm my frozen soul, revive, recuperate.


I fear the glow will fade and I'll return to emptiness.
Perhaps this is my end of days. I failed my final test?
But no, it burns more brightly now and heat moves through my chest.
My frozen heart begins to beat, awoke from its arrest.


I reach out now to touch the light, to see if it is true.
Did someone see me lost inside, and try to pull me through?
My frozen fingertips delight, my eyes again shine blue.
The ever-reassuring sight of happiness. It's you!


For this and so much more I want to thank you and to say
that though the nights are so, so long. I know you'll bring the day.
I've told you many times before, there's no way to repay
this debt of gratitude I bear. But on this Christmas day


I wish you all the happiness the world could bring, and more.
For in your friendship I have so much to be thankful for.
When everything is bleak and senseless, only your discourse
can guide me through the wilderness. You are my driving force.


So take with you this sentiment wherever you may go,
and anytime you're feeling weak, I hope it helps to know
that if the blizzard closes in, I'll find you in the snow.
I'll tear right through that endless sheet. I'll be your warming glow.
Written for the very best friend I could've wished for

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