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Someone
Someone
By Muriel Palanca
I hope it’s not the last time that I feel the summer sun.
Pretend there’s no tomorrow
That all we have is this.
I know there’s something that lingers on a kiss.
Don’t lie with silence or touch to save these prayers.
Care for a lonely stranger.
Too fragile on the inside. Too hardened to let you break her down.
Much of what she was looking for has already been found.
But it’s always just out of her reach. A little further than before.
Sometimes she does her best, then lets it go. Sometimes
All she wants is more.
I don’t like who I am sometimes. Behind closed doors, it’s almost unbearable to
Want for things.
To have everything feels like nothing. And nothing is a hole that gets bigger the more it’s filled.
Do you think that maybe, we could be a something?
Is there a place in your heart for a someone like me?
Look at me the way I look at you when you’re looking somewhere else.
You probably don’t notice it because I try to keep it to myself.
In so many words, what I’m trying to say is simple.
The meaning gets lost in a circle when I’m falling straight into your arms.
Eyes like yours have too much power over me
And I want to trust in all the things I see. Maybe you could lie to me.
Tell me I’m the only one.
You could be my someone too if only you’d open up. You should know
That you cross my mind from time to time. Almost every time.
I miss you more than I care to admit. And when you’re not around, I try to bury it.
Will you run away if I tell you all the things I’m scared to feel? Does
Love make a velvet rabbit real and turn one rose in a million into a thing of perfect beauty?
You don’t have to say a word.
For all that really matters is the act that speaks much louder. When
Everything collapses
You and I
Are somewhere there between a harder place
And time. Somewhere beyond the horizon,
All of the second chances and past mistakes are shipwrecked or lost at sea.
The sun is setting for you and me.
Things get dark or so it seems. The end of another day that passed too quickly.
You’re just as bright as ever. A glow much like a candle that as it burns consumes.
Not for all the heaven’s stars would I trade this time with you.
… So stay.
If tomorrow never comes, then we’ll always have today. Then, you’ll
Only regret the things not pursued, the words that weren’t spoken, the love that slipped away.
You wouldn’t have to though. You could do it all. The question is
Would you take it, if you had the chance? Would you
Let your guard down for a someone like
Me?
