Understand

“Am I in the back of your mind
As you are in mine?
Am I only a fleeting thought
Or someone to linger on?

Do you recognize the ticks and tacks
Of the clock’s hands as terrorizing
Or am I the only one thinking
The passing of time is quite frightening?

I could tell you a lot but I don’t say much;
I’m simply a quiet soul that holds on to hope
With a heart too big to be given console
Of a future where I might finally feel whole.

Let me apologize for my wandering thoughts,
My supposed apathy is quite a lie to the world,
I’m just grasping for energy as I daydream
Of something more that makes me swim.

To swim in a sea of lost hopes and broken hearts
Is, most of the times, a hard task,
So, please, give me a chance –
Are you willing to understand?”

Ana