August 29

in a meniscus

there is a little fear
creeping round in here
the corners of my calm eyes
are bloodshot and wise

over the landscape

over the landscape i see the night
every light is a day of my life
and for every light there’s a thousand lives equal to mine

over the landscape i cast my eye
with a perspective of my size
that’s why i come up here all the time
big enough to see and small enough to hide

over the landscape i find that i am lifted far above me
over the landscape i find the truths i’ve locked away

song for scandinavian travelers

we all roll in from sccandinavia
not from england or australia
individuals disappear

and so i fell into my trap
and what i said i can’t take back
the one i want just is not here

i thought i might seem clever if i made no sense
i thought i might seem tough if i could cause offense
i thought i might seem dodgy if i made no friends
so i bullshat some chitchat and told them where i was from again

dive

dive into the shallow side of the wave
if you hurt yourself, you’ll heal
the water bluffs not to catch you
but it does when the ground is near

you were full of fear of falling face first flat into the sand
but it swallowed you nicely into low-gravity land

so don’t search out all those corners where bruises might hide
they’ll find you if they need you
they’ll find you where they lie

so don’t be full of fear of falling face first flat into the sand
it’ll swallow you nicely into low-gravity land

so dive

childhood

it’s been a long time since i realized
i am at the top of only my own pyramid
and stepping down all around are the steps that join me to the ground
and look how every tile is chiseled

there am i every time
holding up the peak with my own little tile
and falling in front of me like fields and sky is the sureness of love for a lifetime

and in every place that life has taken me
the central streams of love keep watch on me
keeping me faithful to a modern version of
the unstained worldview of my childhood

all the unchanging elements hold me close to the ideal
further and closer but always within reach
i am on my own but i’m not alone