What We Could Be

this town is a stranger, multiplied both they and i, completely unknown this motel is home, while i abide home, yet i'm out of place, all alone i find myself missing people that, most times i do not even like, very much yet i find comfort in these rhymes from emotions, come words i can touch i am a lonely man in Smallville i carry a stigma, whereever i go unfamiliarity is a fearsome creature, still if only, if only, my heart would show another side i hide within vulnerable, and all to sensative i am a man, of both virtue and sin at odds often in this world i live i wish life to be splendid want people to have feeling never again to do what i did and spend no more time kneeling now i know it does not hurt me to surrender to lifes unchanging surprise it is a chance to grow, with honesty putting aside weopons, or disguise when i meet a new person again i hope that they are not an opponent relationships are not just lose, or win but a way to grow, in only a moment i'll open up, when opportunity is knocking express myself, the only way i can take my chances, before fortune goes walking i believe that i am, a worthy man i'll make an effort, to accept what is new take a minute to notice the unexpected realize that the stranger is both of us, it's true that contempt, or caution may be misdirected there is that time, when i walk by when you could reach out to me we could become fast friends, or ally seeing who, and what we could be i will not hide, within the throng or run away to live in solitude i freely admit, the feeling is strong i want my life, and my world renewed