Someone

Someone

By Muriel Palanca



I hope it’s not the last time I feel the summer sun.

Pretend there’s no tomorrow

That all we have is this.

I know there’s something lingering on a kiss.

Don’t lie with silence or touch to save these prayers.

Care for a lonely stranger.

Too fragile on the inside. Too hardened to let you break her down.

Much of what she was looking for has already been found.

But it’s always just out of her reach. A little further than before.

Sometimes she does her best, then lets it go. Sometimes

All she wants is more.

I don’t like who I am sometimes. Behind closed doors, it’s almost unbearable to

Want for things.

To have everything feels like nothing. And nothing is a hole becoming bigger the more it’s filled.

Do you think maybe, we could be a something?

Is there a place in your heart for a someone like me?

Look at me the way I look at you when you’re looking somewhere else.

You probably don’t notice it because I try to keep it to myself.

In so many words, what I’m trying to say is simple.

The meaning gets lost in a circle when I’m falling straight into your arms.

Eyes like yours have too much power over me

And I want to trust in all the things I see. Maybe you could lie to me.

Tell me I’m the only one.

You could be my someone too if only you’d open up. You should know

That you cross my mind from time to time. Almost every time.

I miss you more than I care to admit. And when you’re not around, I try to bury it.

Will you run away if I tell you all the things I’m scared to feel? Does

Love make a velvet rabbit real and turn one rose in a million into a thing of perfect beauty?

You don’t have to say a word.

For what really matters is the act which speaks much louder. When

Everything collapses

You and I

Are somewhere there between a harder place

And time. Somewhere beyond the horizon,

All of the second chances and past mistakes are shipwrecked or lost at sea.

The sun is setting for you and me.

Things get dark or so it seems. The end of another day passing too quickly.

You’re just as bright as ever. A glow much like a candle, as it burns, consumes.

Not for all the heaven’s stars would I trade this time with you.

… So stay.

If tomorrow never comes, then we’ll always have today. Then, you’ll

Only regret the things not pursued, the words not spoken, the love that slipped away.

You wouldn’t have to though. You could do it all. The question is

Would you take it, if you had the chance? Would you

Let your guard down for a someone like

Me?

First word of each line should say: “I pretend that I don't care too much but sometimes, all I want to do is look you in the eyes and tell you that I will love you for everything you are and all the things you're not...if only you would let me.”