You're like a lullaby
But one of a different kind
One that keeps us up at night
Only to think about life
And death
And everything in between
And outside the boundaries
Because even the space
Outside the box
Cannot hold our thoughts
As deep as the ocean
That reflects
The pastel sunset
And I'll bet we can
Find the meaning
Of life in sunsets too
"Beautiful but gone
Too quickly" we'd say
You're a rhetorical question
Answered anyways
Because why not?
Confined to a tiny box
In which we hardly fit
So grab the paint
And expand it
With the pastels
Of the universe
In which we drown
Carry the candles with us
To guide our way
Through the maze
Of our thoughts
That grow brighter
When the other side
Of the world is lighter
Tilt the candles upside down
To put them out
Because, of course, we know
Exactly where we're going
Even if it's our first time
On this adventure
That we ponder
As the lullaby plays
Softly in the background
And echoes too loud
We have to run through
The dark
And swim through the ocean
Crowded with misunderstood
Sharks who aren't so dangerous
And things no one
Has ever seen before
And glow in the dark
On the shore is another box
Torn down and forgotten
To be remembered again
Gray, colorless, lifeless
But still beautiful
Because this is our
Six surfaces of security
So we'll fall asleep
On the floor
Sung away by the lullaby
That is always in the backs
Of our minds
To be shaken up
And painted
We paint our dreams
On the inside walls
Colors no one has
Ever seen before
Because they'd never dare
Because they never think
Outside the box
Of the universe
Of their minds
And what is the purpose?
Isn't life just a big contradiction?
Again with the rhetorical questions
That hurt our head
And cause dull pain
To our sence of security
So paint over the black
Canvas with white
Difficult and pure
Like a sunset
But the earth turns
Without control
Not because He said so
But in your words
"Just because"
So we'll tilt our candles
Till the sunset
Paints the ocean
Without choice
In the morning
And the lullaby will
Still be playing
In the background
Of the screams
Of the universe
"But why?" I'll ask
"Why not?"
