I'm held together
Not by my own skin
But by the one next to me
The one holding me
Keeping me in my skin

He's the one who stays
When I am sad
And don't know what to do
Because I don't know
How to move forward

But he holds me close
And then I remember
Where I can always go
Back to him
Where I am always home

No matter where
I have fallen again
I can go to him
And then start again
When it all feels better

He's been so patient
Knowing that my struggles
Are hard for me
Even when I don't know
How to explain them to him

What to leave behind
And what to reach for
I have no idea
I want to be happy
But it's all two-sided

Except for him
He makes my past better
My future even more so
I don't have to worry
About any moment with him

Thank you Love
For being my home
Where I always feel safe
Where my heart heals
And where I am happy

"We're only human."
It's always said
With doubt and disappointment
Like all it will ever be
Is a limitation

Why is that always so?
It should be said like
It's an opportunity
Meaning that we're only able
To always improve

We are only able
To reach further
And find a way to become
Something better
And something more

Something that pushes on
To improve the quality of life
In any aspect possible
Raising standards and
Changing mindsets

To unite under the idea
Of being citizens of the world
And move away from
Being citizens of
Our own selfishness

So do not doubt
Because we are only human
Yearn and strive for better
Simply because
We are all human
And who better than us
To change the world

"Never go to bed angry."

Created to be wise words
To remember
And good advice
To follow

I disagree, and
I think others might too

For sleep is calming
A reset stage for the
Worries and stresses
Of the mind

That helps us begin
Each day anew

And what is better than
Moving on from what
Made us feel downtrodden
The other day?

"Sleep it off."
Now that's a phrase I like

I love you more each day
Because I choose to do so

I choose to believe in you

I choose to be happy with you

Because I choose you
As you are

To be carried away
On a magic carpet of words
Words weaved together
So intricately
In the most beautiful design

That is what makes a writer
An inspirational creator
For everyone can write
By stringing words together
But how they are strung
Is the magic of eloquence

To wonder at a phrase
Or an alluring description
Sparking within
An awe and desire
To search oneself
For the imagination to create

Because there infinite ways
To write something new
And create something beautiful
And if others have done it
Maybe so can I

I gave you my heart
Asked for nothing in return
For I had no choice
It wasn't mine to keep
Anymore

What I found was that
For me to be whole
I first had to lose
That most precious and fragile
My one and only little
Heart

With my heart gone now
I finally feel truly alive
For now I live through
Not just me but you
Too

Everything you find you are
All that you feel inside
I also find within myself
Who I am is intertwined
Now with what I find in
You

I find that my happiness
Is inseparable from your own
For if you weren't happy
How then, could I feel
Differently

So my heart is yours
For you to love, or
To maybe not love back
Regardless, it is a gift
Now I can only hope
You may someday in kind
Want to share your heart with
Me

I once had the notion
That I'd change the world
With hopes, thoughts and ideas
A splendor of new philosophy
That would not build anew
But change what we have
That is already within us
The desire to be human
By redefining what it means
That a human is more
More than what is shallow
About every one of us
It is what we have
The choice to continue on
In the development of all
That's deep inside each person
Core traits that make us
Want to connect to someone
Connecting to be cared for
And maybe, maybe even loved
Because we love what's precious
And beautiful souls are that
We want to be seen
For the traits hidden inside
We know we are fragile
But what if we did...
We put it all out there
We exposed our own fragility
Being so exposed would maybe
Help us remember that others
Are actually the same too
They're too important to break
If we considered all others
How we consider ourselves inside
Maybe we would view life
With a little more appreciation
And just maybe
We would change the world