The world collapses
In slow motion
Whirlwind of
Personal tragedy
Pulse & beat
In half time
Quarter time
A still life of
Flying debris

And...
Breathe

She smiles
Her eyes light the way
Tread carefully
Through
The spinning crumbs
Of a life decayed
To reach her smile
To see rebirth
A new still life
Spinning up
To Joy
All Played out
In her eyes.

Today's dog
1,2,3
I'll do tricks
For a bisquit
Panting & pathetic
I'm today's dog
Howling at the moon
Looking for that sweet spot
Today's old dog

I just want to...
I just need to...
I just...

Let me lay here
And be close
Let me be
What I am
Just today's
Old mutt
Today's dog

I set sail
Yes, I set sail

I'm drowning
On my own
Mobile Atlas
I carry what I can
I set sail today
Going and gone
I don't know where
I don't know if
And tomorrow...

I set sail
Not knowing how long
How long I can carry on
Maybe I'll find...
Maybe I won't

It's never enough
What I have to give

I set sail
Yes, I set sail
Coward that I am
I set sail

Holy shit
I'm just
I'm just not fit
One sight
Lose my wit
NO recovery
No, just sit
Wallow
Wallow in it
Know that I'm
I ain't worth a shit
I aint worth
Just a bit
Of what she is
I'm just not fit

Sometimes
I'm the depths of the night
You realize you are stranded
Asleep
Alone
Bent upon your own
Destruction
There is no life line
No rescue
No last minute reprieve
Just you and the night

You know
I look around
And
You are nowhere
To be found
I hear your name
On the wind
I see you face
In the stars
I feel your love
In my heart
But you
You are nowhere
To be found
I can sail the seas
I can beg the wise
I can question the night
But you
You are gone
The wind stills
The stars fall
My heart fails
You are gone

Close your eyes
There's no reason to hurry home
Sleep and dream
Close your eyes
And open your mind

A whisper
On a hill
Quiet summer night
Everything, still
Taxi, bright yellow
Unnervingly clean
Sweeps into view
Bright blue moon
Lights it's way

Dark moonless wood
Something...
Creeping there
Waiting
Heavy breath
And low growl
An end bides it's time

Water as blue as it is deep
Bright winter, noontime sun
Sails pull your heart
Cresting wavelets
Beat a rythym promising sleep
Look up
She is staring

And I?
Loving in a box canyon
Desiccated, dry
Dull blood moon
The only light
Is the creeping  fire
Safety and dreams
Become
Smaller and smaller

And for me
There is no waking call
No hope
But you, wake from here
And go
Refreshed
Into the light of day