I'm still here

Lance sat on the counter of the pantry as he and Keith sat in silence, peaking potato's as lance was half was through one barrel and Keith only got seven done. Lance stole a glance over at keith as he seemed to be in his own mind with a boot up on a barrel and leaning against the wall.

Keith carved into the potato thinking to himself as he looked up through the sky light, seeing a planet above them as they passed under.

I am a question to the world
not and answer to be Heard

A young boy looked through a window as he waited home alone for his father to return. Purple eyes looking past the horizon with the night sky.

He gasped seeing a vehicle driving towards his home and smiled seeing it was his father returning.

or a moment that's held in your arms

Keith looked back as lance was explaining how to try a solid knot as they sat in a small open department that was the very tip of the ship.

and what do you think you'd ever say
I won't listen anyway

Lance showed him the rope and set the example as he made a knot with the rope hanging off the side. He smiled as keith rolled his eyes.

you don't know me

Lance finished the knot with a giant smile as looked back to present it to Keith but the pale boy was gone with the rope hanging over the side. Lance looked over seeing keith walking away with his hands in his pockets.

and I'll never be what you want me to be

He compared keiths knot to his own and smirked a little seeing they were the same. The bastard did listen...

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and what do you think you'd understand

Keith was on his hands and knees scrubbing the deck of the ship with a bucket at his side. Lance stood over him making sure keith was doing it right, but when Keith looked up lance only tipped his hat to him and winked.

I'm a boy no,

Keith stood up with a glare but lance didn't back down and got in his face a little looking confident. Neither of them were afraid, nor bothered by the inches they were apart.

I'm a man

Lance shoved a new bucket with clean water into keiths hands and pointed to the deck as keith glared darkly. He huffed blowing some of his bangs out of his face and dumped the water against the ground.

You can't take me and throw me away

A small boy gasped awake hearing screamed from outside his home. His ocean blue eyes with mint green centers went to the window as he frantically crawled to see outside.

And how can you learn what's never shown

He saw fires in the darkest of night, and people fighting other people, he screamed as his door was slammed open. He reached with tears in his eyes for his big sister as she came over to scoop the little boy up with both arms. They ran out of the room as they heard their mother yelling commands to their older brothers. the young boy dropped from his sisters grip and ran to his mother with tears running down his face. His older brothers trying to figure out how to get out as they were trapped.

Yeah you stand here on your own
They don't know me

His mother knelt to his height as she wiped his tears with a smile and held him tightly as the older siblings heard shouts coming closer to their own home. Begging to be let out as the door was stuck.