Everyone I Love Will Someday Die

No matter the length I keep Distant but oh-so obviously linked Secretly afraid of what will happen when you’re gone Too much at stake and things we have not done It’s been hard to tell the difference between Stoic bliss and suppressing everything So for all this time I’ve kept out of reach And begged my friends to burn their memories of me No matter the length I keep Distant but oh-so obviously linked It’s been an uphill battle licking my wounds clean Working toward a better life is harder than it seems I stepped away to sink into the grove Near my old home that grew towers of green Always on the hunt for ways to snuff my temper I find nothing but still the ache always finds me I guess I’ll never learn And take my anger to the grave But in the wildflowers, the words make themselves known: I don’t need to be anything I just need to be loved To be loved is to be seen I know I see you the way that you see me I think this whole time we were Human beings navigating ways we hurt And one day we all must die So I remind myself to be patient and kind Any moment it could all be over quick And I would have missed every chance to tell you what it means All the signs that I am grateful you’re alive Might be missed when we’re just passing through this life