mortar

keep building your walls, but know that one day they will fall

far as your childhood
long as the future
quiet as a photograph
angry as a hail storm
brief as a compliment

and no one will notice

why the top 5 sucks

Just because my voice is the oldest, doesn’t mean it’s the clearest. I don’t know everything. You keep waiting to get noticed, but I don’t see everything. I’ve had these contacts in for too long.

Listen to your own heart, listen to your own heart

Quit eavesdropping on everyone else’s.

My heart has a lisp anyway

And most people’s hearts have nothing to say because they're too busy just trying to stay alive

Punch the clock, punch the clock

Don’t worry about where you sit during lunch, just eat

And punch the clock, because your shift started a month ago, and it’s never gonna end

Destroy the clock

Break all the mirrors

and it doesn’t matter if they call it likes or favorites - they’ll never bring peace to your stomach

I know the panic is real

but it’s tough to compare yourself to others if your eyes are closed

so close your eyes

know that nobody’s ever seen the inside of your eyelids quite like you

even when I tell my oldest son he’s smart and my youngest son he’s funny, my youngest son wants to know why he’s not smart and my oldest son wants to know why he’s not funny

you’ll never measure up with a 12-inch ruler

you’ll never make it to the end of the rainbow before it disappears

and nobody can keep their eyes open during a sneeze. nobody.

so be smart AND funny and ignore your father because even though he says he used to be in your shoes, you’re only half him

and his shoes haven’t come back in style just yet