Post-Conversation

Rain falls like the teardrops I don't have
Too many used on lost causes
You don't believe in lost causes
Can't understand my giving up
But continuing feels fraudulant
Like I'm making them a fool
If I pretend I can be their friend

When the steam rises from the earth
And heaven has lost it's outlet
Perhaps then it will turn it's head
To enact the change in me
That I don't have the strength to
And I will be able to be it
Without lying and pretending

Trying to be

Blank slate, I'm trying to be
Your point of view, I try to see
But it hurts when you paint me black
When you point out all I lack
And perhaps it's not the me I want to see

It's so slack if I just stand by
But I'm wasting time if I try
And I wish that you would be steady
So I could tell when all is ready
As you show the me I don't want to see

Whenever I speak you disagree
Is this wrong with you or wrong with me
Who built this wall, this divide
And how can I press override
It's the you and me, I don't want to see

Everybody, somebody, nobody and anybody

Isn't it funny what can act as a trigger? Somebody said something to me recently and it reminded me of this thing that mum used to have on our fridge when I was like 8 (or sometime around then because it was when we lived in Townsville), so I went and looked it up on the internet. Here is how it goes:

Everybody, Somebody, Nobody and Anybody
Once upon a time, there were four people; their names were Everybody, Somebody, Nobody and Anybody. Whenever there was an important job to be done, Everybody was sure that somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. When Nobody did it, Everybody got angry because it was Everybody’s job.

Everybody thought that Somebody would do it, but Nobody realized that Nobody would do it. So consequently Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done in the first place.

-----I don't know who originally wrote it-----------

Don't try to hard to fill nobody's place though - it can backfire - somebody can still not like it.