Wasn't that the rainbows
were too far away, it was
that you were always close
and I never had a reason
to venture any further.

So you say that you're
"anti-bullying"
and although that is
such an amazing thing,
I must tell you that
you are absolutely lying.
And the reason why I say
that is because even though
you do not harm nobody
at all and kind to others,
at night,
and you cannot deny this,
but at night you bully yourself.
You start telling yourself
that you're no good.
That all that you touch
turns to dust.
That you're a luckless fool.
And yes.. you're kind to others,
but you're a bully to yourself.
So why beat yourself up?
Be kind to yourself.

**

She belonged to the sea;
her existence belonged
to the sea,
but her heart-
her heart belonged to him.
The sea was her home,
but in his arms,
there rested
her heart and soul.

She was what I wanted in a woman:
sensible, good-humored, and lively.