Life and Loss

The butts in the gutter flow down to the drain

The sky ever-changes, and nothing’s the same

The trees wilt and blossom

Like set time in a game

And sometimes I think

I could see you again

If only I just txt you,

You’ll answer after long

And if only I walked over

You’ll have been there all along

But there's a distinction

In the world that I know

And this certain place

Is all riddled with holes

Holes are like memory

They aren’t easy to see

And when you do its like stars

That fall into the sea

There's things you’ll never do

And people you’ll never meet

There's infinite moments

That you’ll never be

There's lovers you’ll miss

And sunlight in the stream

There's day of boredom

And friends numbered three

There’ll be no more potential

And no more to say

For all you have shown us

Is all that will stay

The temple is empty

And everyone’s gone home

And your memory is shattered

Between the peoples that know

There's empty places

Voids of thought

Like black holes in night that

Your memory gets lost

There's people who’ll miss you

Who wont know they do

And places that will never see you

And they’ll miss that stuff too

There's pot you’ll never smoke,

And booze you’ll never drink

Pastels you’ll never touch and

Quills you’ll never ink

There's brushes and crayons and pencils

That wont know your touch

There's only an impression

Of what you left off

The universe knows many

None are the same

And soon someone will know you

Twice and again

But for those left behind there's

Nothing but grief

Oh please just once more, once more time again!

Our calls go unanswered

And we wither in shame

To ask of the universe

What's not ours to gain

The world just is

And that’s all it shall be

And we’ll stumble and gather

From shore to the sea

We’ll meet friends and lose them

Our strings will all cross

We’ll walk the prints of our ancestors

Who all rallied and lost

So rail at the earth, and the sky and the sea,

Ponder the significance

Of what might not be

And leave town for a day just to see what you see

Never imagine that this is all we’ll ever be