I saw you in the tempest
that raged over the trees
I heard you in the silence
screaming through the breeze
I found you in the ripples
on the surface of the sea
You were all the chaos I hoped for
And everything I couldn't keep

A fleeting glance
A longing stare
A touch of hand
A gasp for air

A beat that skips
When you're around
A heart that loves
Which knows no bounds

Within small talks
Without a clue
I helplessly fell
In love with you

There are earthquakes
And landslides
There are floods
And hurricanes
There are car crashes
And forest fires

And then there's us

daydream dances
          sideward glances
                    sipping from his mug
pensive eyes
          muted sighs
                    absentminded shrugs
heavy drinker
          over thinker
                    bizarre state of mind
across the table
          sitting, staring
                    wishing he was mine

He went with the tides
And changed with the seasons
I loved him the right way

                   For all the wrong reasons

Some people give too much
and the others just keep taking
but you and I took that to a whole new level
when I gave you
everything I had to give
but you still left
because *broken pieces were never enough for you.

You built a home inside of him
but how were you to know
that when he'd leave you here for dead
you’d have nowhere else to go?

So you pick up pen and paper
Along with the other pieces too
and you learn to play with words
the way he played with you

i am here
in a cramped classroom
with my earphones on
and you at the back of my mind
the AC is too cold
and i'm sitting next to acquaintances i will never want to get to know
a pile of books under my chair
my bag slung over the seat in front of me
and 'i miss you' at the tip of my tongue
but these hallways aren't enough to echo them all the way to you

and there you are
one floor down
on the other side of the building
a smile on your face
and anything but me on your mind
laughing with people you've already gotten along with
your new friends
a pile of books under your chair
your bag slung over the seat in front of you
and a goodbye that doesn't have to leave your lips
because i don't need to hear one to know you're gone

he liked to travel
around the world
pack up his things
leave without a word
through countries and seas
and blue skies above
see unfamiliar faces
and glimpses of love
over bridges, through canyons
i can sure guarantee
there isn’t a corner
he’d not wish to see
the storms be ******
along with heat and dust
there's not a known remedy
for his wanderlust
yet of all the crowded cities
and squares of empty space
being with me just isn’t
his favourite place