Continuous upstream

Continuous upstream

Sweating the resistance

Restless, unforgiving

Too great of a distance

The soil reappearing

As quickly as I dig

No escape or winning

The challenge way too big

My grain of sand won't pearl

My grain of sand won’t pearl

My tongueless bell won’t ring

Words can't express without
A voice to make them sing

The World keeps on changing

Yet lessons unabsorbed

The stars indifferent

The sun and moon just orbs

This is not how I feel

This is not how I feel

This is not what I think

I am not on the verge

I am not near the brink

I have perished the thought

This idea I won’t keep

When it’s not how I feel

And my mind, it won’t leap

Stars are never aligned

Stars are never aligned

They are indifferent

And dead in outerspace

They cannot make judgment

Useless with each passing

Of the lone moon and sun

Silent in our sorrow

Ignorant when we’ve won

So I had this moment

So I had this moment

Something reminiscent

Feelings of ago, no

Particular instance

Life accumulated

Like no time had gone by

Clouds ever changing, yet

The sky is still the sky

How I want this for you

How I want this for you

I wish it were a gift

I could make or purchase

But it’s merely a wish

The pockets of the World

Are empty and plural

To me you’re a victor

I crown you with laurel

The sun setting early

The sun setting early

The days are not as long

Cicadas are singing

The last notes of their song

Soon the start of autumn

Colors in full glory

Summer’s chapter written

The end of its story