Let's pretend that I don't love you,
(Because honestly I don't)
And that you're  not special.
(I would tell you if you were)
Compared to everyone I know.
(As a fact, they're all crazy)

How would I go about not loving you
(We both agree that I don't)
And still see you every day
(That is really way too much)
As if it's just the the same?
(I'm not afraid of change)

Let's pretend that I confessed,
(It's a stretch of the imagination)
Would you hear it with an open mind
(Like that joke I told yesterday)
And not push me away?
(You couldn't if you tried)

Now would you want me to love you
(If we are assuming that I did)
And cherish you with all my heart,
(As if I'd do something that sappy)
If I promised it all in every way?
(You know how I keep my word)

Now naturally I don't love you
(I'm making this perfectly clear)
At least in that way,
(Don't make assumptions)
So everything will stay the same.
(Because I love you.)

Let  me have you for the day.
I will give you back tomorrow,
Deliver you back to the arms
Of the person that you love.

Can't I love you for today?
Because surely by tomorrow,
My feeling will have faded
But the memory will carry me on.

Oh, it's only just one day.
And we both know by tomorrow,
We can return to what we were
And move on from past mistakes.

I only need one day.

my life has reached a crawl
an impasse a standstill
of which i cannot move forward –
back and forth and round and round
part of a cycle that goes on and on
until we reach a

stop

as it ceases to be of importance
significance lost?
the moment long past
to move to change to grow
it is here i stay the same until we

Stop.

See how I conform to the mold.
Oh how I make myself look like you,
How I make myself be like you.
The ways I make believe
When I know I have reached a

Crawl.

The slow moving motion.
A sleep ridden devotion.
Devoid of emotion.
But full of commotion.
Like a poisonous potion.

Crawl.

My life has reached a crawl.

As we move towards our goal.
Dawdling, dragging.
The things we try to achieve.
Farther, further.
We reach out our hands.
Slipping, sliding.

There in our vast pursuit.
Endless, ceaseless.
Barely escaping our grasp.
Fearful, Careful.
We reach out a little more.
Slowly, Boldly.

For the things we want to change.

You look at me with tear rimmed eyes,
Of desolate truths and well-worn lies.
I don't know what you expect me to say,
In order to make the fragile peace stay.
So that we mend our broken ties.

Help me so I may tell a fraction of what is real,
For the simple purpose of which to heal.
But the lines blur and mesh,
And the tears are raw and fresh.
Bearing the weight of our deal.

I will put into a language you can understand
so my point can finally get across
without your constant misconceptions and
twisting of my words.
Your ability is quite a rare talent
found only in a breed of superhumans -
otherwise known as math people.
They are the scientifically analytical and straightforward types
who use their wit and logical minds
to confuse the common folk with
unknown number sequences and expressions.
So that brings us to our problem at hand
how you can turn A plus B into C minus D.
The equation is simple enough,
because the variables are all there.
But the second I open my mouth,
they disappear, flying out of the window
to a land where math is native tongue.
There X times Y is two Pi squared.
Or negative B is positive C.
To put it in the simpliest terms:
Take the constant IAM all over
The product of one S and one O, times
the quantity of R squared, mulitiplied
by the term Y.
Strictly mathematically speaking of course.