In just one second
Its broken into a ten thousand piece puzzle
With no picture to assist with rebuilding

The pieces have no colour
They cannot be picked up or put down
And its hard know whether to start or leave

Because once its rebuilt
There is no glue to hold the pieces together
And it will break easier than last time

If it breaks again
There will be too many pieces to count
And they'll be even harder to find

So you learn to lock the door
And not let anyone in the sacred room
That holds your puzzle

But whats the purpose of the puzzle
If it cannot be viewed by more than one person
And the time spent building it is not appreciated.

So you give one person a key
And hope that they will handle every piece with care
Thinking you might let more people in one day

Suddenly you notice pieces missing
And the puzzle begins to look incomplete again

The one person with the key
Left the door open
And now you start all over again

One by one I watch as victims walk the plank,
Blindly following their dreams.

Not knowing what waits for them
Is a shark under water hungrier than they are.

I choose to walk a lonely path,
One filled with strange faces that feel the same way I do.
That one boat can't fit so many people.

And when the ship finally sinks,
I'll be on my own raft built from the materials found at the local dumpster.

Pretty girl from across the platform
I wish you'd look up
Because I'd like to know you better

Your black hair is long and twists round and round
Like the feelings of uncertainty inside my stomach
When deciding whether to say hi

My heart beat faster when I realized
I'm not sure what I would say
I'm not even sure I'd be able to say at all

Heading opposite directions we were destined to part
It stirred a brief moment of clarity
Happy endings don't exist

Pretty girl from across the platform
If I see you again
Please look up next time
Because I'd like to know you better

A girl who is not my girlfriend
Nor even a friend,

Gave me a night,
of all the pleasure I could imagine,

In hindsight,
I only lost,
my entire life.

A struggle exists in everyone,
A struggle to take another breath.
I understand this struggle deeply,
And vow to only ever another step.

Each step taken,
Is a step closer to somewhere,
And a step further from where you were.
It’s just one step at time.

Continue strong,
And aim for distance,
Because life isn’t that long.