I feel blinded by life
Walking around in a haze
Always looking at the ground
Waiting for the end of my days

Ive been chewed up
Ive been spit out
Nothing left to give
Living a life of doubt

'til

I took a drive today
Passing under the trees
Caught a glimpse of the blue sky
And this is what i had to say

Cant be depressed
On a Savannah saturday
Cant get down
When there's
Beauty all around

Girls at the beach
Music in the air
SCAD kids being eclectic
All with purple hair

Blue bloods
Having a soire

Hiding behind
Man made hedgerows
I caught a glimpse
A mute siren
She captured my attention
Pulled ever closer
I watched disembodied
As I crashed
On the shoals
Of my own folly
Drowning 'neath the waves
Of my failed hello
I'm swallowed up
By the unforgiving sea
Of conversation
She watches, amused
Having seen it all
Before

Stop
And listen
To the whisper
Of the edge
Cutting
Into flesh

Stop
And smell
The sweet scent
Of dripping
Life

Stop
And taste
The prolonged
Moments
Of the last
Breath

Stop
And watch
The single tear
Falling
To the floor

Stop
And feel
The lonely
Desperation
End

Stop
And think
Is this really
Where you
Thought
You'd end up

Now stop
And rewind
Take those
Moments
Back
Undo the now
So the future
Does
Not
Stop

Godfrey's Aside

I cling too much
I know I do
To every word you say
To every moment
With you
Like a starving man
Around a buffet
I silently pine
Amidst a feast
Wanting much more
Than I could ever have

I wanna wanna
Girl like you
A girl free and dear
A girl with a sunny smile
I wanna wanna
Girl like you
One whose free and clear
One who will
Make me her dear

Flipped my mind
On a dime
Don't know what to do
But I think I'm through

Superstition adds to the mix
I saw your eyes
Just before the turn
And you smiled
That smile of yours
Not knowing where it would land
Black cat sleeping on the roof
Single minded devotion
To nothing new
I saw the end jump up
From underneath
And still you smiled
Just for me
Or so I like to pretend
Can't say the last time
I heard her sing
But it wont last forever
And from under the ladder
I heard the sound
Of mirrors breaking
Salt scattered nearby
And I felt your smile
As it passed my way
Still mine I would say
As I watched it go out of view

I
I can feel
Your words
Licking at the edge
Of me
And I
I can feel
The idea
Of you
Seeping through
The bomb shelter walls
Of my heart
I
I can feel
The way
You move
My magnetic north
And I
I can feel
Your eyes
Staring down
My fear
And I know
I know
You're there
Like the dunes
Against the tide
The lightening
In the sky
I know
You're there
Like the footprints
Before the step
The shelter
Before the storm
I
I can hear
Your words
In the sigh
Of the wind
The tapping
Of the rain
And I
I can hear
You say
Come Home

I've had enough
Of tender remembrances
Of late night
Wistful romances
Sleeping alone
Is all I do
Surrounded by
Unwanted memories
Of you
It's cold comfort
Forgetting about you
Learning to be one
Instead of two
Don't know why
I'm thinking this way
Suddenly sentimental
For yesterday
I don't want to return
I need to look ahead
Think of tomorrow
Not what's dead
I need today
Something new
Not sentimental
Memories of you