Where are you? I see you but I also don’t see you Pieces of you all over the ground You try to pick them back up quickly and act like all is fine. You swear it up and down. That’s a heavy question If only such things were so simple I know it hurts to see and its the last thing I want for you Since I also see the pieces scattered around you What happened to the old you? I pray you get her back Your fighting hard as you can A bittersweet battle that has no winner It eats you from the inside Must hurt a lot for you to speak my friend Yet you are right This is what you have known and you wish for better I pray long and hard for us both Even if its all we got it is not in vain We try to gather our pieces They don’t always stick back on Its a constant challenge We don’t have to do it alone It won’t last forever God will not let it We aren’t alone
And so I live life day to day
With cards clutched against my chest
Doing my best to be genuine
While weaving in and out of feeling
It's not unusual to be a puzzle
A contradictory mosaic
But that's just the person I've become
Or at least that's how I feel
Tomorrow is another mystery
And who I will become is an unknown
Life grinds me down like sandpaper
Bit by I'm ground to dust
Yet bits and pieces are retained
Change devours me gradually
Which is why I continue as myself
Retaining some semblance of consistency
What a strange thing living is
I'm just a speck riding the wind
Forever at the mercy of the sands of time
All in all a rather en