Learning...

Learning to let go

When I want to hold on

Learning to be firm

When I’m melting inside

Learning to smile

When I want to cry

Learning to move on

When I want to remain

Learning to say no

When I want to give in

Learning to shut out

When I want to let in

Learning to just wait

When I want to try

Learning to be

Who I am not

Is that what I should do?

Is that who I should be?

You Teach Me...

I wonder at you

At your persistence

How do you always go on

Even when I give up on you?

I am amazed at you

At your determination

How come you always find a way

And prove me wrong?

I am spellbound with you

With the ease of your actions

How can you make it seem so effortless

When all odds are against you?

I am fascinated with you

With your strength

Where do you get that sparkle in your eyes

When all I see is darkness?

I am intrigued by you

By the furrow of your brows

Where do you find that concentration

Amidst a world full of chaos?

I am in awe of you

Of your integrity

How do you always speak the truth

When those around know only to lie?

I am surprised at you

At your loyalty

How do you defend and forgive and love

Even those who have let you down?

I admire you

For your patience

How can you always be so calm

When those around you are losing their minds?

They say I’m your teacher

Yet how can that be?

When every day

You teach me things

I can teach you to read

And write

And spell

And to count your way through

But how important is that

When you can teach me

About hope

About love

About persistence

And determination

About integrity

About strength

About loyalty

And concentration

How important then

Are my ABCs?

You are far beyond it all

Wise beyond your years

Through the window on a rainy day...

A world
Dreary, dusty, dull, deprived
Trudging through the days
Day after day

A burst from the skies
A brilliant show of light
And suddenly
Rain

A drop of life here
A torrent there
Fragrance of wet earth
Instant revival

A world
Dazzling, delightful, dreamy, divine
Washed clean
Hope renewed

Believe...

I see you for you
Not what you do
So let me in
'coz I'm with you

Take a chance on me
I'm on your side
I'll be your friend
I'll be your guide

Believe in me
And when you do
You'll know that I
Believe in you

And then in time
All you must do
Is learn to believe
In yourself too

Sometimes we go
A bit off track
But it's not so hard
To come right back

Bring down the walls
Why do u hide?
When u can be the one
I've seen inside

Just keep the faith
And then you'll be
The kind of person
That I see

And if that becomes
Too hard to do
Just let me keep
The faith for you

feeling small...

When you talk of her, I think of me

In my head I see who she’s trying to be

I do understand but I don’t think I should

Coz I was never understood

The difference is small but it isn’t fair

Coz the difference is that you really care

Sometimes I just want to shout

Why wasn’t I cared about?

Why must I be nice when I don’t want to be?

But then again, you were nice to me

I don’t really want to be petty and small

But sometimes I don’t know how to deal with it all

Every time something makes it harder

The space between you and me just gets larger

I don’t want to relive what I went through

But I do it. I do it for you.