i've seen you before & i know you.

i'll take what i can get,

just promise me it won't stay like this forever.

maybe i am silly.

i probably am.

i know i am.

but that means something to me.

means i can't help but be that way

because i know something greater & dearer.

you are lovely.

you.

in the ones i know & don't know.

in the ones i like & don't like.

in all the ones i love.

forgive me for this voice.

it may not be in tune or even sound like a melody

you want to listen to but it's my voice

& it's all that i've got.

until the ground shrinks around me & the skies

pull themselves up, up & away,

i'll stand on this mountain top

& sing & scream & talk & whisper.

forgive me if need be.

forget me if need be.

it doesn't really matter what either of us do

as long as we truly believe in the things that do matter.

& i do.