-wave back-

There's something worth dreaming while staring into clouds.

We laid intoxicated with thoughts, laying on the grass-

"That cloud looks like a heart."

"Nah, I think it looks like a goose."

A chuckle.

"I think I see Jesus waving at me."

"So wave back then", I replied, "And don't flip him the bird, I heard Hell smells like shit."
_

When you're young, everything's too fast,
but we do everything so slow, arrogant of our time.
We think we have forever, forgetting that we're all time-travelers,
another second wasted, taken for granted-
as we lay lazily, with our "I'll do it tomorrow's."

I was obese with ideas, too sure of myself-
but self-confidence makes for better self-esteem,
and I need to leave here.

Because I'm not like the others,
Right?

Reassure me, my thighs are enlarging,
I see wrinkles, scars, moles, bruises-
Flashbacks of mistakes are making my head burst,
Failures are rotting my flesh, and I smell like decay
_

Don't make me become them,
Tell me I'm beautiful.

Tell me I take your breath away,
my lungs are over-filling.

All I need is the s k y