In a Second

In a moment, your life flashes before your eyes
As you glide down that tunnel towards the light
Family, friends, the homeless guy down the street
the orphan who couldn't get enough of you
and the valet guy who kept asking you out

The places with which these people touched your heart
are mini gardens in the sky, mini clouds upon the earth
the amusement park in Florida, the grocery store in Toronto,
an empty classroom in Phoenix, the grassy hills of California

The days when the roller coaster just wouldn't come back up
stuck in downward motion, with a light slowly dimming out
All the words and emotions flowing into the thick air
fear, distraught, anger, confusion

It all came back to those same people
the ones who you couldn't help but love
They tore apart the roller coaster with bare hands
just so the upward turmoil could never end

And now it won't.

Repetition

She took the most precious thing in the world
dropped it, broke it, let it shatter
the little cracks filled in with glue, no match

She shook him, tested him
distrusted the truth
She should have distrusted herself

She loved the man I love
but not enough...

And now I look in the mirror
tears running along the same tracks
and see her glaring back at me

I hate her for doing this.
She hates me for being too late.