Contagious

His laugh is contagious.
It's the kind that comes from deep within
Exploding into the world
Genuine.
You can tell by his eyes
They dance with sparks and light
Reminiscent of fireworks
Breaking night.
It brings a smile upon his face
This is what happiness looks like
An apathy for what others think
Care-free.
But that's what makes it difficult for him to see me
And the obvious fact that
At the very root of it all
His laugh is contagious.

A Cold April

The world's turning out to be so cold
We're only doing exactly what we're told
No regard for one another
Survival of the fittest, who cares who we throw under
Saying what we want
Doing what we feel
Put yourself first, you're the only thing that's real
The relationships we build, the experiences we find
Doesn't matter when we're all crunched for time
Who cares who you help or trip and push down
They only see the numbers, not everything around
And the snow is melting and the sun's coming out
But we're still getting colder here
And we don't even care
When our minds are exploding
Our hearts start imploding
What's going on?  What changed our minds?
Nobody ever stops to really see
If we all stopped this, we could all just be
But apologies are useless when you can't turn back time
Just grabbing things up and claiming MINE MINE
No ctrl plus z
It's not that easy
Oh it gets so cold
When we just do what we're told.