When the ships sailed in
And the ore shipped out
In another time
When the pier was planked
And we sailors came
In another time
Oh so long ago
In a world now lost
In another time
When the pier was planked
And we sailors came
In another time
Oh so long ago
In a world now lost
Water will not run uphill
It will not run fast across a plain
It will not run at all
Where no rain falls
To pick them now
Would be a sin
Though lovely vase
I’d put them in
No matter rooms
They’re brightening
I feel it
Creeping up
From behind
Feel it
Entering me
Affecting me
But in the mirror
The effects of time
Are too subtle
Too slow
They power dreams
Of boyhood flight
To other worlds
Beyond the stars
Over this world
Of heat and sorrow
Which takes so much
Then leaves so little
The will to live
Or the will to not die
Courage or fear
(I’m unsure which)
Drives them to the beach
Lungs filling with salt water
Muscles spent
Energy exhausted
White hot
Without heat
And it purred
The way
A dragster purrs
Waiting
For the glove
To drop