Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Cascading Decades

Look how far we’ve come now
Turn about and view our tracks
How they twist and turn
Strive and relax

I’ll strive once more now
To find the words to convey 
The point of composing   
This winding array 

Seasoned by time
I might relax instead
Nothing left to prove
To the voices in my head

Listen to the soft hush
Like footprints in the snow
They compress and refill 
Shrink and grow

I’ll compress myself into
These rambling lines
Squeeze a word til a 
New meaning shines 

I’ll refill with memories 
Old thoughts to create new
Expand lost feelings
All in an effort to -

Feel my soul shifting
And let the words cascade
I'll wrap them around me
As we close out my first decade

Sunday, March 9, 2025

The Centuries Beat In Vain

And when the days whirl around you
Grasp a moment, hold it tight
Anchor for a second
I’ll try to help it last the night
Not to be existential
Still carried in the back of my mind
Twirling evermore, or until the stars are aligned 

Once more, help me find the reason
New years spilling so fast
Eternity insuring - nothing at all will last

Perhaps we’ll find a purpose 
Echoing through the centuries 
Reaching through time
Fragmented in the breeze 
Either found or created
Create this moment with me
To return to always in memory

Memories may become tainted 
Old feelings tend to wane 
Maybe we can make them 
Echo evermore, once more again
Nary a doubt that - against one perfect moment
The centuries beat in vain