I forgot how much I loved your laugh;
the light in your half moon eyes
eclipsed by smiling cheeks;
a wordless song expressing
your abundant joy.
How could such beauty
escape from my mind?
Once upon a time,
it was your laughter that
lullabied me to sleep.
She lived on the border
of light
and dark;
Between the realms
of booming voices
and quiet whispers.
And she was always afraid.
She was afraid of losing herself
in these middle grounds;
of being erased.
So she became a shadow,
an idea of a person,
Without eyes to see,
Or ears to listen,
Or a mouth to speak her mind.
She thought this was a sign of strength
to be so malleable;
adaptable, she thought.
A shadow could belong to anyone
or anything;
it could fit in any place.
But she had never been so lost.
A shadow can be
swallowed by the dark;
eradicated by the light.
It has no voice,
quiet
or
booming.
In the blink of an eye, there goes a year
And we all wonder where the time goes
But I assure you, there's nothing to fear
Life is uncertain, the future unclear
We search aimlessly, wanting to know
In the blink of an eye, there goes a year
We jump in head first, no landing gear
Seeking purpose, but lost in the flow
But please remember, there's nothing to fear
In uncharted seas, we're all pioneers
Fighting waves, we are tossed to and fro
In the blink of an eye, there goes a year
We all reach the shores of ideal frontiers
Miraculously saved from the throes
This is why I say there's nothing to fear
This life may seem hard but we're