I Live For That Change – Written Approx. Late 1993 or January 1994 (Aged 18)

I Live for That Change

It was a weird day.
I got out
to a world I don’t see,
and I heard what you said—
and that means
so much to me.

Because often,
I do not know
what to do
when it gets cold
and lonely.
But it is okay now;
I have you.
You can cry
if you need to.
I am going to protect you.
We’ll be together—
maybe I can hold you.

I have not told you
how I feel;
life can be so cruel.
But I am always near.
I got out one day
and realised
things did not have
to be the same.

Although at the time
I did not know you,
and I had not heard
your name—
now
I am glad I do,
and I live
for that change.

James Garratt – 1993/1994
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