For a brief moment sunshine fell upon my face
I let God’s light take me to a breathtaking place
I soaked in the sun rays like an encouraging haze
I closed my eyes and wished for better days 
Hope
Holding onto it
Trembling
Feet dangling over the balcony’s wall that I sit on, fifth floor 
Give you affection and give you some more 
You’re not an eyesore 
What’s mine, baby it’s yours 
Only if you deserveĀ 
Bridge over troubled waters 
Playing on the record player as I mop the kitchen floors, wet from the leak in the ceiling
I’m thinking, I’m feeling
Can’t even believe it
I see better days coming 
I see reuniting with the shore 
Surfing and bathing suits, for sure

I remembered how he refused to read my poems 
Didn’t realize they were all about him 
Not other boys
So I said my goodbyes
Blocked his number, changed mine
For a second the sunshine made me feel divine 
But as I walked right through it 
I passed it and turned around 
It was gone
It had left 
And an apathy I almost felt 
But I thought never mind, because I won’t neglect 
All the others that depend on me 
To be strong, to foresee
Each little admirable quality
In them
In me 
In the leaves on the highest fiddle-leaf fig trees 
That sway in the breeze

I’ve said my goodbyes
Kept them wondering why
All my lazy days amounted to somethin’
She was so young, it happened all of a sudden
All my lazy days amounted to somethin’ 
Freeways calm me down
Settle down my nerves
Soon, a place that won’t hurt
Soon, a place that won’t hurt
Leave me deep in the dirt 
So good that it hurts
