Five
treat your body as if you are going
to live forever and your soul as if
you are going to die tomorrow.

One
so i guess you were just one of those
people who was supposed to walk into
my life, teach me a lesson then walk out.

Eight
courage is not the absense of
fear but the judgement of some
thing that is more important.

Nine
so she'll turn away from all her problems
she knows distance can't make hearts fonder

Fourteen
in my memory i wrote you down in
ink. i never wanted to erase your
story even with the tragedy it brings.

One
death must be so beautiful. to lie in the soft
brown earth, with the grasses waving above
one's head and listen to silence. to have no
yesterday and no tomorrow. to forget time,
to forgive life, to be at peace for once.

Four
i'm reaching for the phone to call at 7:03
and on your machine, i slur a plea for you
to come home but i know it's too late.
i should have gave you a reason to stay.

Eight
and the girls got problems. the girls got
stress. the girls got a .38 hidden in her desk.

One
so let me know where i should go, because
my feet won't seem to move. i'm still outside
your window, and the weather won't improve.

Six
looking upwards i strain my eyes and try
to tell the difference between shooting
stars and satellites. "do they collide?"
i ask you and smile, with my feet on the
dash. the world just doesn't matter.