the light is a bit too bright
it draws them in and they can't let go
and sometimes i think it's a power
but most times i wish you'd say no
stop pursuing and running and hiding
and lying and crying it leads to dying
you need healing heal your soul
you need breathing breath become whole
you're broken inside so you turn to others
they think they can help but you hurt them worse
stop okay?
i need you to stop.
leave them be and put them first.
this world is big and wide and full of lies
but please don't be a lie
be nice and kind but not a lie
be light and make it bright but please not a lie
people don't need any more lies.

i bring my notebook
into the coffee shop
writing down my
thoughts for the day

sipping on a frappe
i let my pen lead the way
writing and writing
about anything and everything

sitting in a coffee shop
with various voices
alternative music
all around me

meeting new people
focusing on my thoughts
letting the coffee fill my veins

Years and months ago I set my eyes on you
I thought maybe you would see me
But instead you saw right through
I never understood why it was her and not me
But then I began to realize what kind of girl I'd have to be
I'd have to stop my singing for you don't like the birds
I'd have to quit my writing for you're not good with words
I'd have to slow my talking for you don't care to hear
I'd have to keep my jokes in for you don't smile ear to ear
I'd have to bring my smiling to a halting stop
And I'd fall apart slowly drop by drop