Lines of ink on paper sheets
Are all I have to mark the trail
From me, from here, to you out there
Just a letter in the mail
You tell me snatches of your life
Some general, some in detail
I try to read between the lines
In your letter in the mail
In turn I send you bits of me
A window to my life unveil
Though all you see is through my eyes
In my letter in the mail
Maybe one day we will meet
Face-to-face complete the tale
Of stories sent across the sea
All our letters in the mail
I stand on the edge looking down in
So dark, so deep, nowhere to begin
I step back away, I’d rather just hide
Than have to go on to the unknown inside
I could turn my back and just stay here
It’s nothing exciting, but nothing to fear
But I take the first step down into the dark
Feeling for a rung, a ladder, a mark
I stumble at first, I slip and I stall
But I know if I keep holding on, I won’t fall
I find my footing – now I can see
What all the darkness was hiding from me
For you have to step into the darkness before
Your eyes can adjust to see the next door
Pitter patter goes the rain on my umbrella
Sniffing about the brave heart who ventured out
To explore a new place today
Splash goes the rain on my shoes, my legs
Sneaking around the edges of my jacket
To leave its mark on the moment
Ripple goes the rain in the sidewalk puddles
Toying with the distorted reflection of the world
To prove the volatility of reality
Prickle goes the rain on my cold, damp skin
Running silvery paths down my fingertips
To seek its next stop in life
Let me hold this flower in my hand
No words, no judgement, only let it be
Give it time to live, to grow, to bloom
To show its colors strong and true and free
Let me stay within this sunshine beam
And do not rush it as it lights the way
Until I do not fear the shadows cast
And see the dark of night turn into day
Let me hold this little child’s hand
While she learns how to walk out on her own
To guide, protect, to be there by her side
Until she knows she’ll never be alone
Whatever you want, you want it so badly
You pour in your heart so deeply, completely
You hold on so tight, there is no room to breathe
And keep your eyes shut so you can believe
Whatever you want, you will not let go
Or step back or look up or even walk slow
Instead you dive in head first off the brink
Need only to feel, never stopping to think
Just look through that feeling, it colors your world
A fantasy glamorized, glittered, and pearled
Until life steals the rose glasses away
Then every color that you see is gray
Whatever you want, you better be sure
For fancies fly quickly and failures endure
But do not let go of hope that is real
For faith lives beyond whatever you feel
Time moves like the rising tide
Slow but unstoppable force
Time spreads like the ocean wide
Subtly ever changing course
Time creeps like a stalking cat
Sneaking up when no one sees
Time frays like an old straw hat
Losing pieces to the breeze
Time comes like a doorbell’s ring
Paths converging now and here
Time goes like a northern spring
Slips away until next year
Time always marked and measured
Synchronizing rhythm, rhyme
Time can’t touch moments treasured
Experiences not bound by time
