Impressions

Found amidst this winding

Wandering, rambling way

Out amongst these rushing

Cascading words we say

I'll catch them for a moment

Leave their impressions here

They flit away so quickly 

Taking years to draw them near

Lost without conviction 

For how am I to know

If this is where I should be

Or if that's the way to go?

I'll release these trepidations 

Let them pass without a trace

They've tendencies to linger 

But we've learned to drive them from this place

Here in endless wonder 

Or here but for a day 

Lost amidst this spinning swarm  

Found in the words you say

Embers

Let the thoughts come slowly 

Ignite one simple spark 

Feel the warmth surrounding 

Enticing light from the dark

If the world is not kind today 

Slipping deeper into cold

Catch your hand in mine 

Heat can be ours to hold 

Amidst these dancing shadows 

Nervousness and doubt 

Grasp my hand and know

Embers lie waiting to lead the light out

With Only Air

Gritty little words that grate 

On prickling proud ears 

Serenade your sense of self 

Softened by steal shears 

Inflicting tiny ghastly wounds 

Paring to Compare 

I to you to find me lacking 

Nigh a slight with only air 

Grown from discontented gripe 

Nurtured by their heed 

It was only ever just 

Gossamer whispers meant to feed

Hushed feelings of distaste 

Too ingrained to need backing

Living to compare 

You to the world in fear you're lacking 

Steam

Somewhere between two moments

Over there, or over then

Memories searched in vain for 

Endings, and where we begin

Blending over and over again

One year turns to another

Dares it to last all day

Yet knowing all along that they'll each have to fade away

Twisting words and thoughts 

Hiding plainly here in sight 

Actions lost to steam 

Tidings lost to slight 

Intrepid only here tonight 

Usurped by the laws of nature 

Stung by the shifting times

Echoing the dawn of man's incessant crimes

Dream of better days 

Trek on towards something new 

Over then, or over there 

Beckoning the very best in you 

Ending, beginning, growing, stagnating - watch your history accrue 

Collisions of Matter

Suspending disbelief 

Twirling starlight in my hand

Reaching for infinity 

And a way to understand 

Why things never go as planned 

Maybe there just aren't enough

Hours in the day

To wrap the world around me

Or collect all of the stray 

Thoughts scattered in the fray 

Grounding here instead  

Feeling sunlight on my skin 

Grasping fleeting seconds 

Trying to hold on to when 

The world wasn't so quick to spin

Perhaps I am just tired 

Worn out bones all start to creak

Gather dirt around me

For what else is there to seek 

But warm hands to stroke my cheek?

Bury me in waves of

Collisions of matter 

Release one more breath now

With a reticent clatter 

Succumb to life and watch the air scatter