We're Fighting for You

We are fighting so hard and still are losing
And they keep saying there are things we could be doing
But I'm running out of ideas.
Pleading with other students
We sit here in class hoping the kid next to us isn't giving up.

We are trying and their trying and I don't know if we can try much harder.
It's up to them and we pray they stay
Fight on
And so we'll sing the cheers for the crowd instead of the basketball players.
Because you need to know that you are great, you are loved, and you are seen.

We'll lift you up and hope you stay, but we certainly can't stop a made up mind
and it scares me.
So stay on our boat made with love.
Let us sail the seas 5000 times before we call it over.
Because this is not over.

It's not over until God calls you home and last time I checked,
you and I both have 63 more years to go.
The silence is killing you so give me your heart,
I'll hook it up to my aux cord,
and we'll jam together.

I'll crank up the speakers because you're my favorite song.
And whatever you're thinking, I want to know.
It's a thing called love I wish you would accept.
I love you.
We love you.

Take the warm hugs, cookies and heart felt notes with you,
tell the depression to back off and realize you are loved,
you are seen,
and we would miss you so much.

A Month Ago

Only a month ago, we were wrapped in a blanket staring at the stars and in each others eyes too quickly we blinked and time had slipped away.

Only a month ago, we were hoping our resolutions would last and we'd be independent at last but that didn't last.

Only a month ago boys were praying the Seattle Seahawks would win and other boys prayed the patriots would win and both praying that the ice beneath our feet wasn't so thing because they want to be stable.

Only a month ago, I wished on a lucky penny, we said our last goodbye, and thought I'd never hear from him again, but I did.

and Only a month ago, I didn't know what I'd do in a year, and I thought I did but in reality I didn't.

Only a month ago, I decided I could make it, I could get through the hellish storms, so I picked up my bible and got on my knees, and started to pray.

But only today, only today, God answered by  pleads and rested my restless nights and replaced the sad tears in my eyes only with sheer joy.

Blessings

Dear God,

Please bless that we will be safe throughout our day
Please bless that the food will nourish and strengthen our bodies
Please bless we will do well in school and at work

But please,

bless the lost and lonely
the bare and broken

Bless these girls that are putting on hair extensions only to stare at their reflections
Bless the guys to lift up a family and not only weights.
Bless that these girls get dates.

Please,

Bless the Friday nights and the Monday mornings
the weary and the dreary
Bless the choices we make

Bless the sunset coloring in the sky
Bless that I'll avoid getting high
Bless the streets who've seen 2 too many wrecks
and the ones who oversend texts

Please,

Bless the wars and the warriors,
The homeless and the helpless,
Bless the teachers and the kids

Bless him, bless her
Bless we, bless me

Bless us.