Deep, dark, great expanse
Lies stretched out around me
Dotted with distant stars
Almost too far to see
Many mirrors, a mirage
Who knows what’s there, really
Space sealed into time
Someone lost the key
Images float by
Fact, fiction all collide
Reality warped
Reach for ropes to guide
Dark universe of night
Where can I hold on
Time slips through my hands
Wait through dark til dawn
On the edge of an explosion
So much packed down now inside
Tiptoe by to keep it quiet
Push it forward, let it slide
Too many words to decipher
Too much meaning I can’t decode
But it’s pressing, moving faster
Taking me down some unknown road
Unfamiliar, overwhelming
Trying to sort out what is real
Too good, too bad to know for sure
Too much judged now by how I feel
There is a way to sort it out
To let the facts and feelings fit
Pass through without an explosion
Find peace within, inside of it
I wasn’t really sure if I was right or wrong
But the elephant in the room showed where I belong
All the way to town I was looking for a shoe
When all along all that I was missing was you
The hardest way to go is to try the wrong way first
You never get the tune til you sing the second verse
You can talk to me til you are blue in the face
But do not judge until you see the tortoise win the race
Why is life so mixed up, I’ll never know for sure
But someday it will all make sense if we can endure
Life’s puzzle pieces, scattered round
One false move knocks them to the ground
I can’t decipher how they fit
Just when I think that this is it
A piece falls out – the puzzle’s split
It’s back to pieces, scattered round
There’s colors jumbled everywhere
A mess of green and blue up there
Small bits like flowers on the side
Or maybe birds – I can’t decide
What pictures in these pieces hide
With colors jumbled everywhere
Some days things seem to click in place
A pond, a path, a smiling face
But others seem like such a mess
Disorder, chaos, and distress
Dark shapes that I could only guess
Just how they seemed to click in place
But then again, what would life be
Without search and discovery?
Sand sifting slowly through my fingers
Reach for a crystal but nothing lingers
So close, it seems it could really be mine
Already I see it slip away in time
As elusive as a rainbow, as transparent as a cloud
It will vanish like a password spoken aloud
The more I try to hold on, the less I can see
But look away and it’s back, calling to me
I wonder how to touch it – I wonder if I should
How can I really trust it – how can I know it’s good
How far do you need to reach for your destiny
How many places must you look before you find the key
A cloud that passes over the sun
A few drops of rain before it’s gone
What if I follow in its shadow
What if I stand and watch it go
Something sparkly
Dancing sunlight blinding your eyes
But now all you see is shadows
Something flashy
Colorful rainbow leading somewhere far away
But now all you feel is raindrops
Something charming
Mystic pied piper’s tune captivating
But now all you hear is flat notes
Something exquisite
Silky strands of velvet, sitting on a cloud
But now all you touch is fake fur
Something intoxicating
Warm sweetness thrilling the senses
But now all you taste is bitterness
