Sometimes it feels like the world is doing its best to crush me.
Like it’s trying to squeeze the tears out of my eyes,
Or take away all the air from around me and leave me alone to suffocate.

Sometimes it feels like everyone’s problems are suddenly mine.
Like it’s up to me to fix everything,
And placing one foot wrong could make everything fall apart.

Whenever I feel like the world’s gone out of it’s way to shove me over the edge of a cliff
Just to see how well I can swim, I go to you.
You bring me up for air, my life preserver.

Thank you.

Sometimes I want to scream
The days have sharpened their claws only to rip at my heart,
And when they’re done, they leave it alone to bleed

Some days I feel like I ruin everything I touch
And people laugh because they think it’s funny,
So I laugh along with them, because what else am I supposed to do?

Whenever I feel like I’m about to break,
You step in with a hug and a roll of tape,
To fix me where I’m cracking.

Thank you.

You are the cast that’s wrapped itself around my life,
Holding me tightly so that I can start to heal.

You are the message,
The joke,
The lilting laughter that lifts me up and up,
Into the clouds
And away from the Earth.

We left my lead shoes stuck in the mud.
Good.
They were only making me heavier.
But you let me float.


And so we fly away
Hand in hand
Our heads in the clouds
Because that’s where we belong.

Thank you.