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I want to be inspired
to do great things
to be a great person
to be so much more than I think I can

I want to know that someone will be there to catch me
if I should decide to jump
off this pedestal everyone's put me on
they think me so high
and yet, have no concept
of the fact that I could fall

I want to feel alive
with that heady rush you get
when you hold hands with someone just because
that sweet, innocent touch of
palms to palms
knuckles to knuckles
fingertips to fingertips
and nothing else

I want to wake up each morning
with a feeling that every day is better than the one before
and nothing can make me unhappy today

I want to be inspired
by every look
touch
smell
taste
of the one person that I am too afraid to go after