Sway Into You

When I was twenty,

life looked simple Just follow every road they drew So I worked

while others fell in love

Built a future brick by brick

Never stopped to ask myself

What if love don’t work like this

I kept my heart in order

Kept my hope in line

But every door I opened

Left a little more behind So tell me How many almosts make

a man How many chapters never land How many times can hope

survive Before it starts to shake in your hands I’m not angry

I’m just tired Of waving at a life

That never stayed long enough to be

mine

Then came a girl who read about monks She smiled like everything

was light

We played golf beneath the summer sun

Talked for hours until the night But somewhere between friend and love

She couldn’t cross the other side

Weeks later in the heat of June I asked how she had

been

Silence answered every word And I felt that same ache again

So tell me How many almosts make a man How many chapters

never land How many times can hope survive Before it starts to

shake in your hands I’m not

broken

Just bruised Trying to believe

Love hasn’t already chosen someone new Then another heart walked through the

door With little hearts inside her texts She called me sweet,

she made me laugh

But every plan became someday Until one message finally said You’re wonderful,

just not for me

She said once

You’re exactly the kind of man I wish I could fall in

love with

Funny how one soft sentence Can hold two things at once And

the deepest kind of hurt

Now tomorrow waits in another city

Another stranger Another chance Maybe she’s the one who reads my soul

at a glance Maybe not But I’ll still show up

I’m not angry

I’m just tired

Of waving at a life That never stayed long enough

to be mine

But every morning I got up And believed again