Conformation

It's important that you be yourself 

It's important to fit in

It's important not to eat too much

And to not be too thin

Look at yourself

All the edges that don't fit

In the circular hole they've given you

Look at the funny way you sit

Why can't you sit straight?

Oh, I wonder why -

Why don't you laugh more?

Why can't you cry?

So heartless not to care

So sensitive to mind

So perceptive and judgmental 

So naive and so blind

All that matters is how you finish

But you call that a place to start?

Always try to save face

But I pick mine apart

Apart from all the expectations

What is there left to do?

Drenched in all the conjecture 

Losing your grip on you

Because it's important that you be yourself

Just be the self they want to see

It's important that you be yourself

But I'd rather just be me

Would You

If you were in my place

Walking by the sea

Counting the shells

If you were me -

Holding each breeze 

Each moment in memory

Would you pause here

To draw the sun into your skin

Would you take the time

To watch the world spin

If I could stay here

Lost amidst the breeze 

My toes in the sand

Walking on and on with ease 

The waves crashing in my ears

If time would freeze -

Would you stay here

Lost in memory

Would you spare the time

And hold it here with me

If life could be so simple

And days could stay so calm

Wrapped in serenity 

If we hadn't a single qualm 

I'd bundle all eternity 

And hold it within my palm

Hush

If the heavens opened up

And instead of pouring light

They dropped an eternity of snowfall

All through the night

Could we dig our way back out

When we're buried passed my head

Can we ever forgive 

All the thoughtless things we've said

When the clouds finally break

And the sun splits the sky

Will we be out of the storm

Or just in its eye?

If it all comes back

Even worse than before

And we think of giving up

Wondering if we can take any more

May the snow whisper - hush

As we strike a match to light

A fire in our souls

That will burn on through the night

Absence

You'd be surprised at the result of doing nothing

At the results that nothingness can bring

Long after others may quit

We'll hold our breath through all of it

I'll stop and check my loosened laces 

Tie them tight and tighten their faces

I'll scrunch mine up into a mask

Toil away till I forget the task 

Spinning yarns and needling threads 

Piercing all the prickling thoughts in their heads

Pry them off and set them free

Hold them tight till they're a part of me

Wrap it up before too long

My pull is weak and words aren't strong 

Yet after everyone else forgets

We'll still cling to every thought that flits 

What is the result, in the end?

The nothingness day by day will blend 

Into hazy words to scrawl

And, oh, of course - into nothing at all

Expanse

Under the tired sky

In a middle space of mind

I'll let caution fly

All thoughts intertwined

Under such a haze

Everything seems clear

All eyes set ablaze 

All feeling right here

Between every twilight

In the space between each star

I'll hold all that is bright

All that comes from afar

Between every word

The world stands still

All sensation is blurred

Each breath such a thrill

Above every sunset 

Inside every mind

Is a freedom not found yet

Is a peace we can find

Above every new possibility 

Above every cloud in the sky

May we bathe in tranquility 

And learn how to fly