when a single person becomes your strength,
you feel almost powerless without their presence
right now at this very moment,
the love i have for you is the strongest thing i feel

but all good things must come to an end
one day i won't feel this way anymore
i will have carried on with my life
and you will remain as you are

if only time could halt or at least slow down
i'd be able to cherish these memories of you better
i'd preserve the way i feel when you cross my mind
because that feeling keeps me going

i'd hold onto the light in your eyes as you smile
i'd remember the look on your face as you dance
i'd keep the recollections of the red that flushes your cheeks
but i won't forget the less beautiful moments

someday my love for you may diminish
but you are the most special person in my life
and as of this very moment in time,
i love you more than anything

my boy's got sunshine in his hair
and his mouth can rap pretty verses
he's looking up at the same sky
he's speaking in an entirely
different language but i can
understand how happy he is
his sharp canine smile
crooked in the light
his laugh is a lullaby i use
to sing myself to sleep
my boy's got galaxies in
his eyes and i still wonder
why i love the stars
my boy is a golden boy
and half of me
cannot compare to
half of what he is
someone once asked me
what i would love
about him if i
was given the chance
i pointed at his heart -
*"this, and so much more."

imagine if everything was simple
we're all happy and living the life we desire
and we're all content with what we are given

and that satisfaction is genuine
nothing artificial or insubstantial
that's how we all wish life could be

maybe in another life, we would meet
maybe my hand would be in yours
maybe our hearts would belong to each other

if life was that simple, maybe we'd already know each other
maybe i would already mean something to you
but nothing is that easy

yet, i'm still happy with just the thought of you

i saw your smile today and it was the most beautiful thing i've seen in a long time.

it wasn't the first time i had laid eyes on such a lovely sight,
but in that moment, i really needed it.
maybe i needed it more than i did before because it felt as though all of my problems went away.
at least for a little while.

even for a fleeting moment, it meant something to me.
imagine if one day, i could have the same effect on someone else.
the same effect you continue to have on me.
your smile, the most lovely sight in the world.

i saw you in purple from the start
you weren't wearing the color but the feeling was just that
describing a feeling with a color seems ridiculous, but what happens when there are no words to accurately portray it?
i pride myself in articulating things as accurately as possible
but with you, that seems almost unthinkable
if not purple, then maybe a shade of purple
how would you feel about violet?
what about lavender or wine?
to me, these all represent something different
if you were to ask me to assign you a specific tone to this intricate color, i wouldn't know where to begin
on your brightest days, maybe you would be lavender
on your warmest nights, maybe you would be wine
and in between those days, maybe you would be violet
but when i love you, all i can see is **purple