Could we once lie

Beside the river

Throwing cuties

Rolls one to the dog

Off-put and runs after rocks

Possessed and bathed

As jugglers hoop from shore

Drinking coffee kombucha

The sun holds and stirs

Waters working toward the seas

In solstice starlight

Scarf dancers offering kettle corn

Lives are lifted

Like the fog among the giants

 

Now we can fall asleep

Faster fly these days

Happiest moments we keep

Kept sweeter in our way

Wake with me tomorrow

We’ll greet the future anew

Like the dreams we follow

We live to shine brightly through

 

Could we once be truthful

Lying beside each other

Overruled by pretense

And by faith

The answer is avoidance

When the questions intimidate

Escape into negligence

At the expense of others

Home runs away from you

When you poison its well

A more perfect punishment

You couldn’t create in hell

Souls are trapped

Like the memories in my dreams

 

Now I try to fall asleep

Reclaiming my nights

Natural moments are kept

Content in my ways

Woke I’ll meet tomorrow

To greet a future without you

Like the love I follow

Actions always speak the truth