Overstay

 

It's not that I know

How love must feel

But with every little encounter

I realize it's probably surreal

As I look into my heart

I know not why it glows so warm

And feels as beautiful as

The fireflies, when on summer nights

They swarm

The little worlds of love

I dash into as I try find

Someone beautiful body, soul and mind

Are just too tempting

And feel like the warm rays of the sun

But alas I always realize

That in those pink oasis

I almost always overstay my welcome

 

Human

It is a unique privilege and purgatory

To be human

To be a sinner and a victim of sins

All at the same time

It is a relentless journey

To wonder what peace feels like

And discover it after a while of pondering

Just to eventually realize

Maybe this is not what one ought to be -

Calm as ice, unaffected, unmoved

As strong and steady as a rock

For don't we all love a little shake?

That ends the dream, 

but drives us awake

It is marvelous though unsettling

To let yourself just feel

Every emotion

As with its strong wave it wipes out clear

The dreams and sandcastles you built

While you discovered peace

In the end I realize 

Of all the ways I try to just be

I find it easiest

To be human

When I have few fellow miserable ones with me