A poem describing death and loss in a human way. |
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 |