J.R. & J.J. - The First Glimpse (Live)

I open the heavy front door
Step out into our garden
Just behind the big black gates
And I find myself both
Somewhere I have never been before
And exactly where I have always been
The sky looks new
Permanently capturing 11:45 AM
Sun rays through fog
Hopeful and uncertain
I have not seen this place before
And yet when I squint, yes, I can tell I have
It is hard to recognize after the past three years
I have only seen what you wanted
And what you wanted was a world cast in shadow
Untrustworthy
Disfigured
Vile
Because in such a world
You would look holy
But in this world
Where spring does happen
And you can talk to strangers
Who do become good friends
And wearing shorts and walking at night
Are not valid reasons to attack someone
You look like filth
I walk through the big black gates
Out onto the sidewalk
And into the city
I know now I must visit all the landmarks
The bench I didn't think I would ever stand up from
The Street where I walked away so fast
Dropping your water bottle, your keys, everything you had
A trail of you left behind me as I desperately tried to get away
I did not
The Staircase where
A girl found me crying
Asked me if I was okay
Asked me how she could help
Who I only smiled at because
When bad things happen I only know to smile
Because when you smile then
Maybe then the bad things will go away faster
I must go back to all these landmarks
To see them for what they are
In this perpetual morning light
See what they are without you

Written by:
Jamie Fehribach

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