Day by day now Moving through life slowly Looking for an end in sight And A reason to have been The wisdom we gain is the assurance that we know little And most others know even less Of the worth of life. And how important early love can be. The dark deepened. I walked into the sea With no intention of returning No desire to tread the shore again Lying face down in the water Was so relaxed My soul untrammeled So peaceful Sublime Tranquility The voicemail announced his name to any unlikely caller It told how they were too late to speak to/ at/ with him He was no longer part of them Not that he ever had been His eremitic desire was now Compleat The lotion mistakenly chosen in the darkness Burned at that part which the world had judged him by Gradually the water soothed its gnawing pain The lights repeated painting giraffe patterns on the surface of the water Dancing in the rippling sun Passing strange semaphores of something he could not quite grasp A message he was too full to digest Sometimes on the edge of a chill night A natural muse from the ancient heart of love spoke words which ravelled and twisted patterns to confuse his pur The best Of ever Ever To be the vehicle To carry her there Robs you Of every next moment It can only be A memory To be Reached for One more time Once again Once again That no one else Will No one else can Know
