Can I just go on forever and never have to love?
Can I etch my eyes into the curves of my fingerprints?
When will my heart beat like the wings of a hummingbird?
When will I be enough for the ones that I touch?
Can I keep walking without a home?
I am overcome
with intense displays of emotion
sometimes,
In the pouring rain.
And I know it's in vain
But I carry on,
Oh, you know I carry on.
Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013 at 12:47 AM UTC
Can I just go on forever and never have to love?
Can I etch my eyes into the curves of my fingerprints?
When will my heart beat like the wings of a hummingbird?
When will I be enough for the ones that I touch?
Can I keep walking without a home?
I am overcome
with intense displays of emotion
sometimes,
In the pouring rain.
And I know it's in vain
But I carry on,
Oh, you know I carry on.
Amara Pendergraft 2013
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