Protect yourself

I will look sorrow in the eyes 

And make it fear me

I haven't lost my touch,

Only misplaced it while I ran.

We forget too soon

That there is more than what we see

And more than what we know 

If we remembered, as if it were a duty,

Maybe we'd be a little quieter

Or even a little louder.

Protect yourself 

From forgetting who you are,

Lied to by fleeting emotions 

And people who won't allow their own wounds to heal.