Painted Picture of Us

Something that stops you
You tell others about it
Their minds may see it
No two see the same

Some might even sculpt or draw
But as humans we feel
A connection from what was
Brings us to what is
Somewhere in the middle we relate

We understand something
Deeper than words can express
Regardless which language you speak
you hear what they say

In here we lose ourselves
our minds have lost themselves
In here we find each other
our souls express without words
we're all alone together

You cannot see, you never knew

Dreams aren't anything we see
hope isn't something for which we strive
often it always just seems to be
and we're always wanting to feel alive

Mysteries leave us with such wonder
careful we are to avoid that danger
we only take on what we can hold
anything else is just regret and anger

Memories have taught us to smile
they have given us time to pause
some leave us for a little while
until they remind what we've caused

Sounds become that first constant
the music and words to replay
all of them reminders we wanted
that we needed to hold on and stay

Feelings emote upon our soul
we all know what it means
as life takes and we pay tolls
often coming apart at the seams
we feel it deep within our soul