I tell myself that I’m okay – I’m not
I tell myself that I don’t love you – I do
I pretend that you hate me – I know you don’t
I wish you didn’t love her anymore – you can’t stop
I wish you could tell me what I want to hear – you won’t

I am hopeful for today
I’m hopeful for tomorrow
There are some words I’ve still to say
They’ve become too hard to swallow

And yet I cannot spit them out
They won’t slide off my tongue
No matter how much hope I have
I’m scared they’ll make you run

If I let them through my teeth
I’m certain they will chase you
Away from me you’ll surely flee
My heartache will replace you

There are words I cannot say
I keep them safe inside
Although each day their meaning grows
I make sure that they hide

But if my hope should take control
The words may be released
I’ll cross my fingers that you’ll stay
Perhaps you will be pleased

I’ll hope that you will understand
I’ll hope you’ll say them back
The words that fly between our lips
Will formulate a pact

I know that you have words to say
They might not be the same as mine
But you can say these words to me
I know that I’ll be fine

‘Cause I am hopeful for today
We can release our words together
We won’t be scared or run away
And we’ll be hopeful for forever

You are the winter
When every time we meet, I – I gradually succumb
Slowly, so slowly, you overtake
All at once, I find myself deep within your grasp
The cold tendrils you exude probe and probe
Chilling and killing all traces of my summer
The blanket of you smothers
I cannot escape your season
So long this seems to last as I crack and bend under the weight of your blizzards
And yet, in the ruins of me, signs of spring

I cannot express with words – how sweet
it is to be had by you and you by me.