11-25-16 Is This Thing On?

 •Is this thing on?•

Has it hit you yet? 

And if it has, where has it gotten you?

In your stomach?

In you heart?

In your head?

Because I don't know if these words are hitting the right notes 

Have I been throwing up gibberish this whole time?

Please tell me 

Have these sentences pulled at every string in your body?

I want to grab ahold of you for one minute, just to show you that life is beautiful and scary 

To explain myself in a few words 

But everything I've been telling you isn't just for you and me 

There's a greater symphony being conducted 

Have I gotten your attention?

Because I can't hold my tongue any longer 

I'm going to tell you stories of Pirates and sea monsters 

How the prince saved the princess and lived happily ever after

An adventure through space discovering the galaxies 

Your job is to figure out what it all means 

Because this life is wonderful beyond all measure 

We choose to reach in the gutter and pull out mud and dead leaves 

But remember those leaves used to grow on stretching trees and that mud grew fields of sunflowers 

There is so much we don't know 

That is beautiful 

Worlds beyond our galaxy 

Treasures dug deep into the earth 

Ruins with stories they couldn't tell 

So tell me 

Has it hit you yet?

The words I've been stumbling over in my mouth 

The sentences and paragraphs I've written late into the night 

I'm writing you letters and sending you postcards but I get nothing in return 

Show me you still have all the same organs I do 

That your heart still beats and your eyes still shed tears

Because everyone is broken 

And no one is perfect

This should unify us 

To become better than we were yesterday 

Show me all this writing isn't for not

Tell me the world inside your head 

Does it ever stop revolving?

Let your solar systems collide with mine 

Show me the deserts on your earth 

The rings on your Saturn 

The craters on your moon

So tell me 

Have my solar systems hit you yet? 

I know it's scary not knowing 

Give me a chance 

I know I'm not a master 

But I do have a brain and a heart 

My words sometimes don't make sense but trust me 

Words are the most beautiful thing on this planet

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