In a conversation this evening, I said:

Maybe it’s a weakness, or naive, to focus on people’s good, as opposed to their bad.

No one is perfect.

People spend so much time in their own minds beating themselves up over their faults and flaws.

So, why not be the person who reminds them about the good.

Begin to Help [tentative title] 

[the poem was inspired by a favorite lyric in Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’, one of my favorite songs… thus the quotes]

“When you love someone

And it goes to waste”

Your feelings leave

Leaving an empty space

You’re stuck in a place

Where you feel half full

Left by yourself

With half a soul

[chorus-ish]

You look for support

Deep inside yourself

Even your own heart

Can’t begin to help

[bridge?]

You can’t trust anyone

But the one you long for

And even they

Leave you wanting more

Needing more

[repeat chorus-ish and bridge?]

Who can bring this

Sinking ship home

Maybe these words

I sing

Will make me whole

[‘make me whole’ repeated freely]

[chorus]

-S.Miller