charms inside a moving room
floating down and erasing blue
that's come to subside in my skin
the past few month way back since
january febuary or back when the year
was scary new and crystal clear.
we command respect with our badges
one hand on mine and the other on habit
but habits die and habits live
so do we, and so do other kids.
so if it matters you didn't go
then i'm sure glad you decided to show
i know this night was a whole lot different
then my previously planned hit-or-miss.
we'll see people who were never there
and the game we play can't be fair.
i swear it was just a tie.
you're better i won't lie.
i won't speak softly either, when speaking of you
to my brain who really needs to chew
his ideas more before they digest
and settle deep inside of my chest.

the songs we've forgotten we both hear
and our old selves catch our new with brilliant speed
we welcome them in and we keep them near
but they carry along with them some new needs
and the realization that all that is
exists as a movie we see, a poem we've read
but there's nothing wrong with all that we've hid
from others but keep inside our own heads.

i told someone once i'd be there through the stale times
and i tell you that now that i'll do the same.
we detect the gales from the clanging of windchimes,
but i will not move i'll stay in one place.
to vandals, get a handle on yourselves.
they'll fade away, to the days when they were no one else.
to monsters, i will stand and hold this ground
despite your pointed teeth protruding from your gaping mouth.
to you now, if you become the thing
that steals, or kills, what once was don't thing i didn't bring
those matters into my own mind
but let's not dwell on this, but instead in the sunshine
of right now.