Absence

You'd be surprised at the result of doing nothing

At the results that nothingness can bring

Long after others may quit

We'll hold our breath through all of it

I'll stop and check my loosened laces 

Tie them tight and tighten their faces

I'll scrunch mine up into a mask

Toil away till I forget the task 

Spinning yarns and needling threads 

Piercing all the prickling thoughts in their heads

Pry them off and set them free

Hold them tight till they're a part of me

Wrap it up before too long

My pull is weak and words aren't strong 

Yet after everyone else forgets

We'll still cling to every thought that flits 

What is the result, in the end?

The nothingness day by day will blend 

Into hazy words to scrawl

And, oh, of course - into nothing at all

Expanse

Under the tired sky

In a middle space of mind

I'll let caution fly

All thoughts intertwined

Under such a haze

Everything seems clear

All eyes set ablaze 

All feeling right here

Between every twilight

In the space between each star

I'll hold all that is bright

All that comes from afar

Between every word

The world stands still

All sensation is blurred

Each breath such a thrill

Above every sunset 

Inside every mind

Is a freedom not found yet

Is a peace we can find

Above every new possibility 

Above every cloud in the sky

May we bathe in tranquility 

And learn how to fly

Miles

I'll steal sentences until I find

The words needed to clear my mind

Pour them out until I see

Someone who looks like me

Will there be a chance to fix it all

After the storm, after the fall

When the whole world is covered in rust

And every heart lies beneath the dust

Lie to me, just for awhile

Lest we count every mile

And every problem accumulates 

And we remember death awaits 

I'll watch my blood ebb and flow 

In the end, where else is there to go

In the beginning, where's it from

Somewhere delicate or somewhere numb 

What could it all possibly mean

All the things I've never seen

All the people I've never met

All the boundaries I never set

I'll steel myself until I find

A purpose I can get behind

A life unstained by memory 

A reason for being me

Reflections

So what is left to be said?

Forcing words out nonetheless 

Your brain has long since been squeezed out

Yet still you press

Catching every useless dripping

To stain the page like ink

Clinging to every tenet 

To drink

And drink

And drink

Why are you here?

Scrolling again

Just searching for

A place to fit in

Guzzle down their words

Absorb what they say

It doesn't matter if others leave -

You can't trust them anyway

Just keep coming back

To feed your dear vanity 

Shut all else out, for you know -

"The only one capable of understanding is me

Me

ME"

Yet who are you now?

Lost in everything they've said

Denying what doesn't suit you

While your biases get fed

Let others disagree

Let them cling to their lies

You know the truth

Though the whole world denies 

It's their loss if they refuse

To bask in the glory you've shown

It doesn't matter if you're forever

And ever

And ever

Alone

Still

So shall I have a profound thought today

Amidst all this open air?

With still water stretching on and on

And leaves falling without a care

Sitting talking to empty space

Because you're not there

The sun bringing sweat to my brow

The wind sending shivers up my spine

It's all an ongoing balancing act

And I can't toe the line

Regardless of every possible thought

Still the sun will shine

And what am I, amidst this air

Amidst all possibility?

A speck of dust in a finite world

A speck in a universe of infinity 

Amidst all the things I could have been -

Who am I to still be me?

Profound enough?  I don't know -

Have I fulfilled the quota of the day?

When the same wind that chills my bones

Allows the leaves to play

How can I still my tumbling mind

And find something worth trying to say?

Still sitting talking to empty space

Because you're still asleep 

Amidst this cold night warmed by you -

This shallow haven in a neverending deep 

The world will go on without me

Still - these moments are mine to keep