Shifting Gears

Everyone laughed at the mess

We'd clean up, it was worth the rest

Poking fun but all in jest

Self deprecating to "we're the best"

Shot the arrow, hit me in the chest

I was so happy I could burst

Come on life, give me your worst

Shifting gears, let's play this game

Everything can't stay the same

What to feel when I hear your name

Unbridled feelings are to blame

Should anyone feel this strongly

Is this loving wrongly

I responded promptly

Did i get it right with what I had to say

The truth could wait another day

Why did we choose this way

Shifting gears, I guess its okay

What do I author while we're still alive

Loving around on borrowed time

I guess its okay but that's just a rhyme

Killing myself is a fucking crime

Shifting gears 'cause I am in love

Society tells me that is enough

I know its not, tough is tough

Alone feels like alone and that's the rub

But I am in love, I am in love

Dancing across an unswept floor

Bodies in time to our core

Dancing closed the door

Dancing open a window

Love is a pure glow

You can see 'til tomorrow

You can love through the sorrow

Shifting gears, its the daily grind

You can't know another person's mind

The heart can't be disciplined, you will find

It all takes work in the end

Every turn, every bend

Scars heal and wounds mend

Just sometimes you need a friend

Sometimes just a friend