grief and glory
across the air the sounds ruminate
playing an instrument like a person
while the drops come down from the sky
you broke the sea within me
and made my sky return to the weeping
but nothing seeps in the desire
like knowing you were the only one
to witness these words but couldn’t care less
now I have come to realize that
you will see the world through your own eyes
and they are colored by the people
who get to be as close to you
as the bruises upon your soul but you
trust even the people who would hurt you
because you don’t know what kind they are
or you are much more like them than I thought
and there are a thousand ways
to see the day
but only so many words to explain
new discoveries about you ring true
and the struggle is in the talk
because the future is a bright place
and I have only so far to go before I am
trying as hard as I can
and the race is winning