if it weren’t for you

if it weren’t for you,

I’d have no appreciation for the morning,

the sunshine kissing my face

while it’s glowing.

I wouldn’t know the beauty of dusk,

the sweat on my skin, surrounded by orchard trees,

and dust.

all that grows would pass me by,

as if there were never a moment,

that it could die.

if it weren’t for you,

I wouldn’t know all the secrets to keep.

awake, drunk, upset, or half asleep.

while the rest of the world just watches me.