Rejuvenated Out of Thin air

By N The clouds have parted, 7 If I was able to conjure The monkey is off my back, someone out of thin air Sorrow is replaced by joy, it would be you with your deep And everything is new again. brown eyes and penetrating stare who stands 4.3 inches taller Frustrations of yesterday are gone, just enough to make me feel Replaced by wonderful clarity. | protected but not small My strength is restored, with your lopsided smile that And my faith is renewed. still makes me feel as shy as I did Struggles seem distant, on our first ee et And disappointments are only a memory. and your nagging insecurities that Now things have changed, help me deal with my own.

Finally, I am back in the game. We would walk together and

stare at the moon and discuss how mind boggling it is

that the same moon inspired Galileo and Aristotle

_- Time is now on my side, And my desires seem relatively few. The grass may be greener somewhere, But I don't care; I'm staying on my side.

* You would tell me you'd

give me the moon if you could so I would tell you about Borrowed Black

and you'd smile because

you forgive my

oddities and neurosis

think they're charming, in fact.

Kaleidoscopes twirl through my mind. My eyes are closed,

But my senses are open.

The lights and colours and shapes resemble things in the world I know,

but they are from the world within.

| do not know how they come to be, b | wish them to stay.

The harder I wish the faster they fade. Once you have it let it be.

Let it become its own,

Let it continue in to eternity.

Forever remember the perfect flow. For your life can be the mimic.

thi i os

But I can't conjure anything from thin air

let alone you.

So I walk alone comforted by

the moon and the thought of you.

een

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