bounce back

it's been an awful long time
and in some ways a long awful time

many things have changed
life has taken blood from me
and i worry that i've wilted to a shadow
of my remembered self

feeling the autumn
want to move to the summer
it's a long drive
and i'm uncertain
about which direction is best

i send out love and wait for a bounce back

the sad

the world has made me cry
these tears
fall

it's like that

sing me a song
of the best and the worst times

the cool and the warm
wrapped together
in life's embrace

rock bottom

flatter than the bottom of the tyre
like a stain on the skin
a freckle with ragged edges
or a spill on an old sheet
dried and lifeless

hydration and inflation
milk the dreams
to make it rain
opaque drops of snow white intention

keeping good company
til it hurts

or laying lower than low in the places
where the superior glow
can't shine

i wonder what can you grow here?

feel so fine

you are my moonshine
you make me cloudy
but i make me grey
sun shines
too
butter yellow cups of gleam
in the midday
light
mine radiates from within
so hot
so fine
so molten
melted on the vine
setting
in the shape
of the last feeling
known
to the last person
to feel
...
no more time

cry a little every day

withering on the vine and blowing in the wind, keeping the draft at bay.
finding the silver lining, chasing rainbows over the horizon and far away.
keeping a close watch on this heart of mine, taking it to the limit one more time.
wandering among the wreckage, looking for an angel.
the price you pay, you can't always get what you want.
in the middle of the road, crying out your name, freedom.