Gray buildings and brick houses
Sunny, cloudless sky
Misplaced trees and hard cement
Dispersed, alone people

4745 miles
6 hours
1 ocean
Away

Cloudy days and cold wind
Tall buildings, think and thin
Cool nights and evening lights
That is the distance between us

Silver forests
Green leaves
Violet flowers
You see the beauty of your world?

Red wings
Black eyes
Strong beaks
You see how it goes up and down?

Smooth armor
Many colors
Flexible spines
You see how it creates something real?

Blue tint
Second lungs
Many patterns
You see how it adapts?

Warm fur
Strong bones
Many attitudes
You see how it creates?

Arguments
Crippled sighs
Tears
They make our world beautiful too.

This is a line, you see
A single line, so simple
Don't ask questions, please
It just is.

Now draw two more lines.
This is a flower
Your first idea
But remember it's not yours

Seven lines, now.
This is a human
This is you
Draw hair to specify gender

Thirty-two lines
I teach you to draw a box
What's inside the box?
I told you; don't ask questions

But here it has come,
The time to let you draw yourself
But let me tell you how to do it
'It's for your own good, honey'

But there are some things
That cannot be explained
How to shade;
Much too complicated

'Now go draw your own lines'
Go create your own world
Draw love, draw pain
Draw anger, draw patience

There will come a time
When I am no longer
But keep drawing;
It is as you are.

I wonder if days past we'll remember
The time we hid behind you
Standing in your shadow
When we knew you weren't there

I discover every detail, every line
Your scars, blue and black
I recreate your fakery
Into something real

So many of us staring at your back
Unable to see your eyes, your window
We believe we know your ideas
By the colors you wear

I ask of you one small thing-
To protect me from myself
But time adds up
How possible is the impossible?

Going in circles, around and around
Playing a medley of insanity
For a brief moment we meet eyes
But then you join back in

Who is this 'you'?
Who is this 'I'?
We both know there's only time
But not time long enough

What do I say?
I have no emotions
Only a chemical reaction
But you change my imagination