When trouble fills my world
You bring me peace
You calm me down
You're my relief
When walls come crashing down around my feet
You light my way
You're my release

So say you'll watch over me
When I'm in too deep
Tell me you'll always be
There to pull me free

When the sun is beating down upon my brow
You are my shade
You cool me down
Every time i tried to turn away
You brought me 'round
Your humble way

So say you'll watch over me
When I'm in too deep
Tell me you'll always be
There to pull me free
There to rescue me

For every time you sheltered me from harm
You showed me truth
Kept me warm
Every time you left me on the street
I found my way
I found my feet

So say you'll watch over me
When I'm in too deep
Tell me you'll always be
There to pull me free
There to rescue me
There to pull me free
There to rescue me

It's official now that Tiki will be staying with a friend of mine while I venture off into the unknown this year with my boyfriend to play. The person he's staying with Tiki has known his entire life (though he really doesn't like her lol) and she works in bird rescue and has several birds of her own. She's actually the person who's taught me everything I know about parrots. He'll be in very good hands and taken exceptional care of during the time I'm gone.

And still, I KNOW I'm going to bawl my eyes out come that day. My relationship with Tiki is one of the closest I've ever had with an animal, and there has never been a day in my life I've been without one, so yeah... It's not an inconvenience thing, or a matter of me not wanting to take him. It's a matter of he'll die, plain and simple, if he comes along. Instability, unpredictability, and adaptability are fine for me. But not for a parrot. And yet it's Tiki who in the past has been the one thing in my life that's helped me cope with those three things.

It won't be forever. I know it's what's best for us and I know Tiki wants me to be happy, even if he won't understand why I'm leaving him with her.