Sleeping Face

(Inspired by Negao - Aqua Timez [Lyrics])

Day after day I see your sleeping face. The one who always received perfect marks, who managed to impress everyone with those results. But I didn’t really care for that. Even now, I don’t think that’s why I fell in love with you. As I sit here smiling beside you, I’m sure you’ll wake up with a sigh.

I didn’t fall in love with your smarts. I didn’t fall in love with your perfect marks. I didn’t fall in love with your perfection. I fell in love with your heart.

The fact that you give so much of your heart to everyone you meet, to care for them and do what you can in your own way. Watching you, with your variety of emotions, I feel as though I understand what it truly means to live and what we were born for. I realize now that we were born to learn sadness, to cry, to experience joy and to smile. I love you for who you are and for what you try to do in the world.

I didn’t fall in love with your smarts. I didn’t fall in love with your perfect marks. I didn’t fall in love with your perfection. I fell in love with your heart.

I promise I’ll protect that heart for a lifetime. Keep sleeping with your heart at rest, I will be here beside you.





//Author’s Notes

I’ve been listening to this song on repeat tonight and it’s really about someone who’s with someone who ended up working with patients and it really reminded me of the importance of having a caring heart and what it really means to be an ideal person. We’ve fallen in love with the idea of achievement and success but we seem to be forgetting the importance of being human, to have a heart and truly look after others. Being selfless and giving is really just another part of truly living.