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
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