I want to speak words that

I want to speak words that

Always will be spoken

And echo in the future

A chorus unbroken

A radio signal

That beams out in space

That doesn’t disappear

And leave without a trace

In all this brevity

In all this brevity

There is a long, long sigh

In the shortness of breath

I long to exhale sky

Rich vocabulary

Replacing simple words

Be the owl or eagle

Not common sparrow birds

Seeking inspiration

Seeking inspiration

I’m staring out in space

I see the sunlight fading

Day leaves without a trace

The night inviting me

The moon wants to converse

But I can’t find the words

To inspire this new verse

Memorable moments

Memorable moments

Pass with joy and parade

I danced and amused but

Our time together fades

Vacant rooms once full, now

The sunlight is empty

All the noise has ceased and

Blank moments are plenty

Feeling vulnerable

Feeling vulnerable

Living without intent

Songs sung in minor, no

Dancing at the Event

Not knowing the future

Only stands to reason

Thoughts without escape clause

Mutiny or treason

Old and getting older

Old and getting older

No closer to the Truth

Further getting farther

From a turbulent youth

Hawks in lazy circles

Today no sign of rain

No answers breaking through

The stillness of terrain

I made no difference

I made no difference

There’s no revolution

Didn’t procreate and

Further evolution

And the Earth spins again

The light has almost died

Never changed an outcome

Raged forth or multiplied

Can't reach a higher place

Can’t reach a higher place

To take the empty space

And fill it full of grace

Tiredness keeps me here

Fell short of perfection

This ceaseless dissection

Afraid of rejection

I’m frustration and fear

So here I am, I've reached

So here I am, I’ve reached

That place where I forget

The date, the time of day

Just how the sun had set

How much it meant, but now

There’s nothing I can do

I’m starting to forget

My thoughts no longer new

Part of me still living

Part of me still living

But some branches have died

Look, here’s a little green

Alive on this one side

Let’s saw the dead wood off

Dashed hopes, old dreams, lost love

Let me be green again

Leaves sprouting up above

How can these words be heard

How can these words be heard

Above the loudest noises

Will they ever echo

With their quiet voices

Like being lost at sea

Never leaving footprints

Or were they meant to be

Only for this instance

The nurse said to hold you

The nurse said to hold you

But in my arms not down

You died and the next day

The fog lay on the ground

My love never died, still

I miss your company

It’s hard to look at Life

In the absence of we

There is no glory here

There is no glory here

Something far simpler found

Call it contentment which

There is no joyous sound

Maybe a single thread

In a much larger cloth

Not the butterfly but

Perhaps I am the moth

And two crimson hearts in

And two crimson hearts in
Speechless conversations
See a lonely moon climb
Amongst constellations

There's a nocturne hummed by
Cicada with fireflies
Painting a summer night
Beneath this lone moon rise

Again the fading light

Again the fading light
Another day over
Into the abyss like
A discarded clover

Stars like idle snowflakes
Caught in a static squall
Yet they can't be swept up
And almost never fall

Not asking why, but not

Not asking why, but not

Surrendering the cause

To have found a clearing

Not solving Life, a pause

In this moment, surely

Passing time will erase

I can feel my breathing

And I can sense my place

The sunlight through my door

The sunlight through my door

Moves slowly on the floor

And soon will be no more

I love you in this day

The hardships we’re facing

It seems like we’re racing

And the World’s erasing

The sunlight never stays

Barely moving inches

Barely moving inches

With miles of hills to go

I can’t see my future

As if my eyes were closed

So here I am dreaming

Up in the atmosphere

Where hawks fly in circles

My path becomes more clear

Nothing particular

Nothing particular

It’s just another day

Skyscrapers now empty

Their people on their way

And there is no new news

It is now half past eight

Cardinals are calling

Hurry, it’s getting late

If I had the answers

If I had the answers

Would I write them in stone

Would I use word of mouth

State them in a poem

Would the World understand

Would people call them lies

Would they celebrate Truth

Or just keep asking why

Unlikely destiny

Unlikely destiny

Unfortunate distance

An uprooted sapling

That met with resistance

Here’s a great blue heron

My inland albatross

Ribbons of road for me

And miles of land to cross

And Carl's fog is here (Variation)

And Carl’s fog is here

I ask myself the why’s

For I only think of you

That graces us then dies

And photographs from space

Bring awe of great, but not

How small we are, like fog

That’s here and then forgot