Long gone are the days 
Where all I knew was night. 
I sacrificed all my wreckage 
for you, and in the end,  
I got that right. 

I hope you hear me. 
There's a lot of good, here. 

I know it's not true. 
This world is cruel 
and unforgiving. 
But it's not the same world 
when I'm with you. 

I didn't mind the emptiness; 
I'd got used to in my life.  
After all, with every thought 
I'd learned to push it aside. 

But somewhere along 
my jagged lines, 
something brought you to me. 
I got a lot wrong, 
failed a hundred tries, 
but you still let me call you mine. 

I hope you know that. 
This world is good. You know that? 

I know it's not true.  
This world is cruel 
and unforgiving. 
But it's not the same world 
when I'm with you.  
I know it's not true. 
If it was, it wouldn't have 
given someone like me to you. 
But I got you. 

And I know that. 
I got you. 
You know that? 
The only thing worthwhile 
in this world 
is you.   
The only thing 
this world got right 
is you. 

This world is cruel 
and unforgiving.  
It's brutal 
and unrelenting.  
But it's not the same world 
when I'm with you. 

No, it's not the same world  
when I'm with you.   

'The World When I'm With You ' - 05/02/23.

Inspired from a line I wrote from Elara's POV about Kodiak in my series 'The Boy from the Bunker'.  'Elara knew it wasn't true; the world was cruel and unforgiving, but it wasn't the same world she was in when she was with Kodiak.'  ♡