Just Breathing

I'm lying
silent
awake
not sleeping
just breathing

I'm trying
nodding
and taking
not needing
but believing

and as waters rush over my toes
the same story goes
on, and on
why is there comfort
in staying the same
when we really need change?

I'm sitting
trying
to live
not sleeping
just breathing

I'm creating
my best
better than all
this mess
not succeeding
just breathing

and the same water rushes
over my toes
this story goes
on and on
Chapters get longer
wills get stronger
friends change
I'm finding comfort
in trying to stay the same

I'm grabbing at the wind
as it chases me around again
threatening the same sweet songs
to shuffle me along

I'm grabbing at the wind
feels like it's my only friend
wraps my hair about my skin
and I'm alone again

and so, I keep lying,
silent
awake
not sleeping
just breathing