A kiss
And it starts
I feel something different with you
It changes what is inside
Makes me forget my past
Who hurt me
Their lies and abuse

I still worry
Because now I have someone to lose
I let you in
So be careful with my heart
It's fragile and doesn't need torn apart

You and I are in the same boat
Hardly lost at sea
If we work together
We can keep it afloat

Don't even bother to think
That you are in this alone
Journeys through life will take you places
Sometimes trip you up

Just keep standing back up

It's easy to say
Get along
Get over it
Don't be upset
Tomorrow is a new day

It's nice to be told these things
When it's not small talk
When you know someone
Actually means it

It's difficult to understand
When we don't even understand
What is happening
And we're broken

It is so easy to push those away
That are telling us the truths
We don't want to hear
It's a seed that grows into reality
Don't set yourself up
To be told
"I told you so"

Believing in something unbelievable
Is what has pushed the world to this point
We are at a standoff now
Because we believe in different things

But, it remains the same

It's not that hard to get along
And most of us do
The media wants to tell us otherwise
But they play to the fool

If you add to the hate,
You are only a tool
We are built together from the ground up
Yet, we fight
From how we see the skies above

I remember being small
The adults were in charge
They knew what they were doing

If something made me sad
It was going to be okay
If I was mad
I got told to calm down

I was stubborn
I fought
I resisted
But I listened

It took becoming a parent
To understand
You don't know what the ******* are doing either
Even though you might know a little bit more

The worst day of my life back then
Was if my bike tire was flat
Or my videogame wouldn't work
If I didn't get my way,
I would selfishly act like a ****

Being a child and innocent
Slipped out of our fingers
At a speed we couldn't stop
Never seeing the picture for how big it really was

My first role in being an adult
Was having my first dog
And taking it for walks

You have to take a **** at 2AM?
Sure, why not?
I will take you out
Because you are my friend

The love I felt for this dog, and friend
Was put to the test
When it was hit by a cab
My choice to euthanize
My friend, her end

I joined the army
Only a year or so after
And became a father somewhere in the mix

I've always treated my son
Like a future man
Not telling him what he can't
But what he can

I understand the pain of being a parent now
But I accept this blessing as something true
I wouldn't trade it for the world
Would you?

My head is clouded
Im faded
No use in trying to escape it
All the while, trying to erase it

I'm here
Alone, but listening

I need everything you have to give,
But I realize now that's an unrealistic request

I'm still chasing it

Escape it, and erase it

There's no point is wasting anymore time desiring the undesirable

An infinite joke was played upon me
When I realized paradise
Was nothing more than but a dream
The illusion feigned proof
Distorted my reality
Blinded to the truth
Overwhelmed by too much of what I feel
Unaware of my inability to see
Beyond my own hopes
Of making this dream corporeal

I could see in your eyes
That something was calling you
Pulling you away
Making you question everything
You were wanting more

Although it wasn't on purpose
I was tying you down
You were young and inexperienced
You needed to learn things the hard way
I just couldn't protect you from that anymore

What we had wasn't false
But it wasn't made to last
The best thing I ever did for you
Was to let you go

You wonder if our love is true
And are having doubts
This I understand
I don't blame you

It is true however
That love is terrifying
And the things that die inside
When it doesn't work
Sometimes never come back

I am also frightened
Of being hurt again
It took much courage
To take a chance with you
I am not privy
To what the future may hold
I didn't know what to say to you
So I wrote it in a poem

I know that we have something special
If we nourish it
It will grow
But I cannot force you to love me
Nor would I if I could

I care for you and am here for you
Anything worth having
Is worth fighting for
And the risk that comes with that
I think is worth taking
But that's just my point of view