"Time
a ripple
stained by memory

space in air
space in sky
in wood and ground
stay here for days

stay happy
stay here for days

mesmerized eyes
don’t cry for mesmerized eyes
don’t cry for you
mesmerized eyes don’t cry

unkempt precipice
the empty borders
deliberately lost
circles begin and end
precursors to pain
cut out and forget
fever pasts
future events
ragged heroes sleeping

without pace

jangly
new
plastic protein physics

hope is out
when the time is in
war is coming
give up
give in

withdraw to a mystery
running to no escape
cables plugged to walls

pavement cracks
amber skin

clap hands
close fist
shut mouth
open mind

humid face halts hazel hair

noises from below
new territory
strange days
fantasy and glory

collateral ephemeral
an unnatural guarantee
bonding and subordinate
misery without necessity
happiness within itself

I won’t ever grow old"