So why does my heart beat

So why does my heart beat

Much faster on defeat

When success strolls around

It beats as still as ground

And why does my sadness

Take happiness away

When joy jumps up to dance

Gravity wants to slay

No bouquet of verses

No bouquet of verses

Just a little green sprig

Fitting in a walnut

A universe so big

And why would someone care

About this moment small

This glance up to the sun

This gesture standing tall

I’ve walked this so often

I’ve walked this so often

So why remember this

The sunlight through closed eyes

Like I was making wish

Nothing was worth noting

I hadn’t thought of this

I was for a moment

A morning moon transfixed

To finally find the answer

To finally find the answer

That ends this confusing riddle

Inside these lines, phrases dangled

Participles in the middle

To finish the words and give birth

While keeping the music and beat

Putting just eight lines together

And to have the thoughts be complete

I am new in an ancient world

I am new in an ancient world

Not much older than these white clouds

That come and go within my view

Like New York City crowds

I do not believe in old souls

Cumulative wisdoms don’t add up

We thirst for knowledge but we start

With just an empty cup

A moment in the infinite

A moment in the infinite

A seagull crests and falls

Above your head while music plays

In this most common place of all

This gull has given up the sea

A strange place to arrive

Like you gave up a perfect gift

It's so difficult to survive