I wake
In your arms
There is nowhere else
I would rather be

I stop here
I stopped a long time ago
People said to me
How do you know?
You're so young
Maybe it's not love

I would laugh at them
Sometimes children
See what is hidden from the rest
Maybe I am still like a little baby
I smile
I feel
I sense beauty
When I find it I know
It is something to cherish

They doubt love
Because they doubt themselves
They fear love
Because they fear themselves
They live in boxes
Apart from one another
Afraid to open up
To each other

They stand hand in hand
Yet don't understand each other at all
They laugh at me
What if he breaks your heart?

Well it's been broken before
And I am still here
I am still breathing
Still living
Still loving
Still existing
Still finding beauty
In everything
Including the broken parts
Of me

I wake up and I appreciate
Each moment
Because I know
How life goes
You love
And sometimes people
Die
Sometimes people<BR>
Leave<BR>
Sometimes people
Go away
Sometimes people
Shut me out
Sometimes you lose them
So when I am here
And when I feel love
I treasure it
More than anything else

People say I am a fool
for loving you
In different ways
But it is all the same
Sometimes there is pain
That is part of the deal
If I want to touch the top
Of the sky
I must be willing to
Fall
To the ground
Lose all I am
But unless I am willing to risk
It all
I will never know
The depths of love
Or what could be

So many times I have
Allowed my heart to love
Friends in ways that
Seemed strange to others
'Cause sometimes they would
Fall away
Go astray
Wander or push me away
And I would go after them
In one way or another
Deliver a message
Through the birds
A song
Or a prayer
Saying
Don't worry 'cause
No matter how far you go
No matter what you do wrong
This love
Is still here

Watching people
Kill themselves
Causes pain
But when they get better
Or come back again
Its worth a million words
A million smiles
The stars dance with me
When I see
They're back
Here or at least
In a safe place

It's not about a cage
It's about being free
I sleep here beside you
And I never want to
Sleep beside
Anyone else
Yet I also know
Love comes and goes
So I paint pictures in my soul
They're beautiful

Pure, real, simple
No strings
Lies or confusion

I used to be so afraid
To love because I
Was afraid I would break
Now I would rather
Be smashed a million times
Over
Than to not feel this
To fear it
Is to not live life
The only thing
That would ever
Kill me would be
To live dead
So each day
I take a step
Forward
Each day comes the ride
Each day I grow
I open up

Sometimes
The fear creeps in
Wishers in my ear
Says all kinds of
Bad things
But I send him on his
Way<BR>
I won't let you take this<
Away<
For I think fear<
Is loves enemy<
Keeps people<
From letting there<
Hearts express<
I know he is mine<
But I am getting better<
Stronger with time<

So as I lay here<
And stare at the sky<
Or in your eyes<
I treasure it<
Each moment<
Because life is short<
Time is precious<
If there is beauty<
If there is truth<
Open your heart<
Let it be<
Don't run from love out of fear<
For fear will always be there<
To try to take it away<

But alls that matters<
Is this moment<
And living life<
Day by day<
For we never know<
When life slips away<
So treat it as you would<
You're most precious<
For it is <
Fleeting<
For it will be gone<
Before you know it<
You have one life<
Only one<
To live<
So to live means<
To take it all <
The pleasure and the pain<
So I look at you<
Count my blessing as I do<
For I know<
there is no one else