tag, you're it
it started out as a silly game of tag and now, you're it
why did we play catch with something so fragile - a heart of paper and bones of glass? why did we pretend we could run carefree through fields of shattered dreams and empty promises?
the candle is burning too low now; it's time to blow it out. even as the last wisps of smoke disappear, i close my eyes and see the flame that burned so brightly, wishing it was real and wishing it wasn't
where are you from?
where are you from? were the first words i said to you. And you replied, but your answer was wrong
you're from a lonely planet, in a galaxy far away - where beating hearts freeze over with hate and fear // where tears burn like acid down your face // where hungry hands learn to be content grasping air
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so why'd you lie? were you afraid? maybe you were hiding something from me, from the world
come, let me hold you in the palm of my hand // let me look into your liquid eyes and drink every drop of your sorrow // let me draw you close and keep you warm by the fire burning in my chest
i'll ask you again, "where are you from?"
and this time, i'll add "would you stay?"
This hit really close to my heart! “Where are you from?” Is such a sensitive question to me. I always answer, “I was born in this country, but my childhood was in two other countries and I’m living in a different one currently.” After changing houses so many times, I reached to a point where I want to stay in one place for life just to experience staying in one place without saying goodbye, in a place where I could grow old with friends.
ReplyDelete-ChooChoo Train
yeah... it's something i've been working on - to make the extra effort to make people feel as at home as possible in my presence. learning to show "would you stay?" though my actions is so much harder than simply just asking it :")
DeleteThat’s nice! For me is, “lets be good friends quickly and spend time together as much as we can because you or I will be leaving.” After that, I have a hard time keeping people in touch because I’m off in another world.
DeleteMost of the time, people in other countries labelled my identity as my passport country, but my passport country labelled me as a foreigner.