the first part of every day for me is good i ve got the bus stop in my neighborhood and everything s on purpose everywhere they go hiding in my car and running in the snow running with the friends they ll know for years i ve seen it all from here from here it happens every day before they go to school they play until the bus drives up beside my lawn and there s always been a mother who waits til they are gone then she turns away it happens every day noon comes and turns this campus upside down i watch the students in this college town you would think they re carefree i have seen their trials frowning into shakespeare and practicing their smiles even underlining nabokov when i am not in love in love it happens every day with their journals in cafes looking up at their reflection on the other wall with every new idea wondering if they ve changed at all and then they look away it happens every day well life is as hard and as easy as they say walking the steps we ve chosen on this day some will be outrageous some have rarely shown some will walk in couples some will walk alone as i think about the world i see they stare and smile at me at me it happens every day at the crossing of the street walking out to see what s new and what is just the same and the only word for love is everybody s name and that will always stay it happens every day and every day will happen without you