World Turns

Girl stood on the rocks with the water at her feet
the sun on her skin and a tear on her cheek
With her hand on her chest and the wind in her hair
Underneath her breath like a beggar's prayer she said

I miss you, come back to me
I wish you'd come back to me

But nobody heard
And the world turned and the world turned and the world turned

And thats when the girl reached in her pocket
pulled out a silver heart-shaped locket
Opened it up and stared for a while at her faded boy
with a lazy smile, oh how

I miss you, come back to me
I wish you'd come back to me

But nobody heard
And the world turned and the world turned and the world turned

And she walked to the deepest part of the river
And she thought about diving in
She imagined how the current would overtake her
How easy it would be to disappear

But instead she tossed the locket
In the cool, blue, water

That night in her bed, she let herself weep
She let herself cry herself to sleep
And there in a dream somewhere in the night
Saw the boy and the locket by the riverside, saying

I miss you, come back to me
I wish you'd come back to me

But nobody heard
And the world turned and the world turned and the world turned

This song is beautiful. Simplistic.
-My grandmother likes to say that if you knew how little others actually think about you then you wouldn't care so much what you looked like.
I think that she just means that everyone around us is wrapped up in their own problems. In their own stories. Sometimes taking on your story too is not something they can stand. It isn't that they don't care, it's that sometimes they forget to look around. To see what is happening. Be in the present. Every human being has the same expectations in their life. To be seen. To be felt. I want those around me to know that I care about them. To understand the love I want to send their way. I don't want to hold on to anger. I want happy. I think being present is the start to that. To listen.
Off to TN. A start to let a good friend know I care.