inside an endless maze
not lost
but wandering
seeking not an exit
but a seat to enjoy a moment
voices ring familiar
but there is no face
it’s bright
senses alive
drunk with love
lost and found
time may be infinite
but not our own
the consistency of this trap has become haunting
in my head
hidden from others
maybe not
the pieces underneath my self
important to uncover
but let them lie
as they are who we should be
landslides of uncertainty
don’t fight what isn’t there
play the hand
as dealt
battles still rage among countless emotions
and attempts at unwinding create days of doubt
there is reason to fight
seeking constant confidence in what we receive
asks me to stop travelling the lonely road
and live the moment
not always upon my sleeve
optimism bleeds through healing wounds
I still believe in the sunshine after the rain
postcards I receive don’t have to remind me
I know you send them to keep me moving
my mind’s mailbox wears a smile
all the windows were painted shut
when I went searching for the air
gasping without a sound
those words he said to me
danced so eerily upon my brain
never gonna get unwound
I’ll run along cold iron tracks
well past closing time
to keep from going back
today and yesterday
now lived broken in two
cheating tomorrow’s sky of blue
the sweet taste of innocence
has travelled on
lost in the haze of restless night
without ripples the lake won’t break
throw your stones
before it gets too late
the mistakes we made
that carried us all these years
explain the reasons for all these chills
I should have begged you not to go
you brought me flowers every day
left unplanted on the bench
your voice, it tantalizes in my ear
it rests softly next to my heart
I just can’t quite get to the sound
I cannot shake that look you always wore
please don’t take that from me
it keeps me running all the time
trying to make all of this
seem normal
had us tripping over nothing
I missed a few signs
no one ever warned me
of the shadows in our love
what you eventually found
trapped inside without a voice
held beauty left unknown
hard to believe in losing everything I found
keep the setting sun away from me
everyone wants a little more time
we thought if we took it slow
we would make it to the peak
but the pace that confronted us was all too much
even though we already knew
you would make this walk alone
your eyes asked me to pull you through
the tears they roll
I wish I was still waiting
for the pain I knew was coming
I tried to meet you
in that unforgiving darkness
that was pulling at your days
time is now forever lonely
words against the mirror
sound different in the morning
memories that never lived
will gather dust in the corner with regret
unopened and blank
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years have passed
but the loneliness
of ghostly halls
still shadows some of my days
prior to entering I did not wave goodbye
towards yesterday’s bliss
unaware that tomorrow
would not be rote
hustling in daylight
among the anxious, the lost and the urgent
lost in the wee hours
spinning in the empty space that awaited my arrival
fear and despair
corner the revolving inhabitants of this temporary city
wandering, drained of emotion
overextended at the hand of these eventual tests
these days come to all of us
this suffering is not growth
growth will arrive from this timeless grind
hopefully soon
always moving among them
a stranger to all
pieces fall where the sunshine bends
while shadows hide the core
a song with one voice
travels the lonely road
thankful for the resonance
of a heart worn on souls’ sleeve
explain the difference
in your love and pain
wipe the tears away
it doesn’t matter anyway
born with wings
held in place tragically
escape with words
that run lead of the imprisoned self
in life’s classroom
generations sit side by side
students resilient
amazed by one another
the teacher is time
duration unknown
to capture the moments by living them
the constant lesson
we return with each sunrise
seeking understanding
time and again
once around will never be enough
If I said I love you
do you run
towards the sun
or the sea
words inside
choked and bound
jailed by what you cannot see
irresistible are the lies you tell yourself
overheard in the night
in harmonizing voices you once knew
it isn’t true
that the weight you carry
will eventually pull you under
come on back from where you have been
the city may be sleeping
but death will never be still
there will always be
the love you gave
untwist the heart that swallowed the pain
things will go fast things will go slow
hold on at all times
your moon travels best in a wagon
looking in your window 