Alive! She Cried

Defensive Barriers

When it comes to whether we are
   what we say we are,
Many people hide behind a rock.
We put up these defensive barriers,
   so that no one can find out
   what we're really like.
(No... no... I'm not really like that, really...)

The island & a small stream

I
Across that small stream,
   there lies that field.
that I haven't yet gone to.
Green , green grass, and yet
   afraid to go.
Life is not so much the complications,
   but the experience.

II
The small stream, though shallow,
   was harboring me in this small island
   I wanted as paradise.
I was holding on to the tree,
   not really wanting to go.

III
I did it, though, I stepped across
   to the other side.
Now I move on, leaving that small
   island behind.
Even the world celebrated, for
   it did not want me stuck
   on that little island.

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