wide awake at 3 am

the one way to happy
the way to content
is to listen and hear her
and know what she meant when she said
what she said
when she sat next to you
about living outside
inside
and in two separate worlds
of her own design
that she's had painted green
serenely sublime.

The way is to listen
just listen and here is the answer
quite simple
and clearly a little bit out of your reach
if you don't understand what they say
when they teach you of people who cry when they laugh
about any old subject or two
and a half hour's more and you're already gone
ready for distance and rambling on.

But listen and hear it
it's there, and it's real
and she'll tell you her stories
and surely you'll feel that there's more than you know
and more even still
but you'll listen, intently
and know that you will find the one way to happy
the way to content
is to listen and hear her and know what she meant.