***
"i've never seen such stupid shit,"
you said as we walked out
but i knew you'd felt it too when, as i began writing this,
you asked me to play "This is a life"
this is a life, free from destiny
not only what we sow, not only what we show
this is a life
(every possibility)
free from destiny
(I choose you, and you choose me)
Not only what we sow
(Every space and every time)
Not only what we show
(That we know)
You see, i understand now,
at least, enough, to know this
you are a fighter
and you are living a version
of yourself
to get through every tragedy
too many, tragedies
that you are reliving now
everything
everywhere
all at once
And so, for now, when I say "I love you,"
All you can say is a flat "thank you"
And that is OK.
Because I am a fighter too
And what appears as weakness is my strength
My power is my faith
that after all of this,
somewhere, somehow, there is a universe
Where you and I stand
Hand in hand,
And look into each other's eyes
That somehow, somewhere, in your universe
there is the girl
who once told me that no matter what happened
she still had to believe
that most people were good.
I was put here to show you
(Every possibility)
I was put here to tell you
(I choose you, and you choose me)
That there is a universe
(Every space and every time)
You, and I, and him.
(That we know)
And I will never let it go.
***
