from time to time
a little man comes
dressed all in black
with one blue sock
he greets you with a grin
as toothless as a babe
his purpose is wrapped
in secrecy and obligatory
his goal is obtuse
with a wave of his
tiny 4 fingered hand
he announces his arrival
for now is the time

little is relative
in a land of giants
ten feet tall
if ever a day
he begins to speak
in a hushed down voice
of things he has seen
since his last visit here

birds made of gold
with jade wings and
one ruby eye
lions of balsa
hunting lambs of iron
five winged donkeys
flutter and sing
while two legged fiends
try to interrupt the scene
forty fingered frogs
and alliterative ants
fantastic voyages
little remorse

he sits and he spins
his tales long and tall
we know he is lying
his tales too hollow
we weary of the dreams
he so casually spills

and then it comes
the truth of the matter
he lets it slip in
unnoticed by most
we are the tale
he is telling today
we are the hollow
phantasms he spins
we have so busy been
fluttering and singing
we've missed the point
we are the vapor
of his wild imagine
we are the creatures
of some other's tale

sweet angel
entropy by design
i've lost you for good

vision of my youth
entropy by default
i see you no more

hope eternal
entropy by choice
you're beyond my grasp

love of my life
entropy's decay
has taken you from me

too much of one
too little of another
drowning in scarcity
awash in poverty
look in my eye
for what i can't answer
search my soul
fro what i can't provide
a moment of sanity
a lifetime of grief
too much of me
too little of you
the two of us together
less than the whole
one way out
of an easy escape
too much effort
brings too little result
focus on being
and not just been
i've loved you forever
i love you yet still
too much i can't offer
too little i can do
forgive me today
love in the distance
too much of one
too little together

fleeting memories
like a tree in spring
stark reminder
of the seasons within

long winters night
like death's calm embrace
stark reminder
of the seasons of life

passionate love
like the ocean's tide
stark reminder
of the cycle of seasons

come with me
and hold my hand
find a safe haven
from life's summer storms