Half In Shadow, Half In Sun

You said

“Some days feel heavy as a stone”

Coffee gone cold

Scrolling through your phone

Little cracks in the paint on the wall you’ve known

Every laugh at work feels just a bit rehearsed

You wonder if the second guess is somehow always first

You ask me

“Does it ever really change?”

I shrug and say

“It’s all a little strange”

We’re half in shadow

Half in sun

Crying in the kitchen

Then we’re laughing just for fun

Every bad day

Someday done

Hearts break open just to let the light run

Sadness and happiness

Tangled as one

I carry my own storms behind my eyes

Was taught to hide the thunder

Swallow all the sighs

But on the drive home under quiet skies

I see kids on bikes racing down the hill

And something in my chest decides to finally sit still

I tell you

“No

It doesn’t stay the same”

“Rain writes the letters

Joy signs the name”

We’re half in shadow

Half in sun

Tears on the dashboard

Then we’re singing just for fun

Every long night meets a morning run

Hands shake

Heal

And then they reach someone

Sadness and happiness

Tangled as one

What if we don’t pick a side tonight?

What if we let the hurt and hope both be right?

If I cry in your arms

Will you still stay?

If you laugh through your tears

Is that okay?

We’re half in shadow

Half in sun

Losing our balance

But we walk

We never run

Every hard year slowly comes undone

Scars on our stories where the rivers have run

Sadness and happiness

Tangled as one