queue the rain

a debt to repay 

your debt

to repay

the world looks to you

as if somehow you are the problem

you are who you are

and you are not what you are not

you were born of this skin

this gender

this attraction

to life

and the pursuit of happiness

but they say you do not deserve

anything

but the misery they create

for you

you go where you please because you have every right to

you do the same things others do

the same things everyone does

until they see you

and when they see you

you see them

the hand of confusion strangles the throat of silent acquiescence

the fist of retrograde thought pummels the face of beauty

the wall of harmony is shattered

the veil of innocence is torn

the blood of truth spills onto the street for all to see

and your vessel is left

shaken and alone

while the sheeple watch

afraid to do right

afraid to help

afraid to deliver retribution to the broken system

no vigilantes needed

a time for love

honor

and respect 

is needed

queue the rain

almost always

all things considered

i'm growing like a weed

all things considered

i rarely have a need

all things considered 

i take less of a shock

all things considered 

i know just what i'm not

yet 

i almost always over think

i almost always reach the brink

i almost always often sink

but then

all things considered 

i stand firm like a rock

all things considered

i somehow land on top

all things considered

i have what's meant to be

all things considered

 i am just right for me

rapt

the way you looked at me

needing

pleading

wanting

haunted

 i could do no more than desire

to take you from this place

i am capable

i am in a position

to do this

moonlight streaks across our conversations

as time slowly progresses

the feeling of summer washes over our existence 

and i

desire

you

the hallmark of intensity was when you kept up

kept the conversation going

kept yourself

here

with me

enclosed in a bubble that would shield us from those intent to do harm

those saddened by perfection

a bubble that blocked out the rest of the world

just us

in this moment

this chapter

collaborating on beauty

again and again and again and again

life brings these signs

again and again and again and again

i say i'll learn my lesson this time

but which lesson am i meant to learn

i've mastered that which i thought is was

but what it was

it wasn't

and what it wasn't

it was

so here i sit

rapt in your beauty

the soul i've been longing for

wait

stay 

but wait

and be patient with this

for there is a light that shines

within you

within me

we reach for each other

so that we can teach each other

and learn from each other

about each other

and the life

that both of us

desire