Never Wake

There's only you in my dreams
Every night that's all I see
I never want to wake up
They will never let us be

Only at night can we love
At day we must hide
We can't speak to one another
Only kiss with our eyes

To them we are too different
From our skin to our hair
Even our eye color differs
Whatever the reason, they don't care

You belong to your kind
And I belong to mine
They say we can never happen
We are not enough alike

But isn't it they who differ from us
Killing one another with their hate
Wanting us to conform to their life
Trying to decide our fate

If only love truly conquered all
Maybe we could finally be together
Living life the way it should be
As light and care free as a feather

*My high school performed the infamous play West Side Story and I was in the pit orchestra (clarinets rule :P ) I wrote this during one of our rehearsals. It's supposed to be Maria speaking mentally to Tony.