Truth

Loving heart, loving soul

Loving heart,

Loving soul-

You are an evergreen,

A drinker of eternal water:

You will never grow old.

Bright fire,

Warm hand.

Tucked in a corner,

Roses and thorns grow around

My mind’s bed.

You told me to care,

And I did what I could.

I made mistakes that I

Could’ve fixed

And didn’t,

Even though I said that I would.

The world gave me laughter,

And people gave me pain

Wrapped in bows and pretty boxes-

I escape to the woods so I won’t have

To see them again.

The flowers tell me stories,

And the trees teach me stillness.

The sun warms my thin skin

And I feel it travel through my blood.

The water freshens the air,

And the air gives me life. I wonder what I would do

If the world wasn’t truly good.

Loving heart,

Loving soul-

You are an evergreen,

A drinker of eternal water:

You will never grow old.

I escape to the meadows, because they have found

My precious place.

The grass tingles

And I like the look

On the sky’s fragile, cerulean face.

The clouds look like fluffy stepping stones

And I like to pretend that I can fly.

I lie down in this meadow, and inside,

I soar up from this world

And into the sky.

But they find me there, too-

Can you believe it?

So I jump down before the stars take over,

And I head off into the direction

Of the nearest cliff.

 Loving heart,

Loving soul-

You are an evergreen,

A drinker of eternal water:

You will never grow old.

I twirl right off

And I like the way falling feels.

The air speeding up,

The sky moving away like a lost love.

The world becomes fuzzy and the backdrop fades and starts to peel.

The colors drip down

And begin to dance away.

I lie there, frozen,

As the sun sets and rises

Into a new day.

You told me to care,

And I did what I could.

I made mistakes that I

Could’ve fixed

And didn’t,

Even though I said that I would.

The world gave me peace

And people only hate.

They give you nothing at all-

No matter how hard they try,

They are gray and numb and base.

But the flowers were so pretty,

And the trees only spoke the truth.

The air was pure and sweet

And the sky the bluest blue.

Loving heart,

Loving soul-

You are an evergreen,

A drinker of eternal water:

You will never grow old.

Goodbye cruel people,

Not a cruel world.