Bittersweet memories

Bittersweet memories

Like knots in shoelaces

Unable to undo

The names and old places

Remembering the when

The mind is still clutching

Young hearts that held hands that

No longer are touching

Too much peripheral

Too much peripheral

Constellations abound

Hearing a symphony

And not a note of sound

Trying to concentrate

To remove a loose thread

The fabric gathers as

A snag becomes widespread

Drowning in past tenses

Drowning in past tenses

An old coat or sweater

Witness to the moments

And the changing weather

With shoes showing the wear

That travelled the distance

Avenues change to trails

Living to existence

This is how I found you

This is how I found you

Like unearthing a gem

I happen to dig here

On circumstance and whim

And to the very day

And after all these years

Your voice still sings out and

Attracts the passing ears

Accomplished yet failing

Accomplished yet failing

The best losing the race

Forget the triumphant

Or coming in first place

Just lucky to finish

Expectations were high

Yearning for applause but

Only hearing a sigh

Here on the shortest day

Here on the shortest day

Caught longing for the past

A year ahead waiting

This year, just days to last

The gray clouds are raining

The snow melting away

Looking back at the words

And what they had to say

Somewhere in the pauses

Somewhere in the pauses

In between the black notes

Waiting for the inhale

Not the melody wrote

Is where the music sleeps

Cradled in the rhythm

In the movement of the

Performing musician