me off key

i drink the sweet sticky sugar
that drips from your fleshy wound
i listen to you strum those worn out strings
pulled from my heart while i sleep
not afraid for the world to hear
the song that reveals my deepest fear
as you laugh with that intoxicating smile
that sparkle that makes me forget who i am
as you sing me just a bit off key

derek

wait

patiently i wait
impatiently i pray
all things in time
and time

the moments
sometimes so slow
the words so close
so close

i can almost taste
everything
all at once
but only when it’s effortless

and there’s more
a connection
like a door
so close
but only when it’s effortless

and time

only when it’s gone

derek

drifting

it doesn’t always come at once
this seeing
things add up
and there’s wishful thinking
influences from every speck of dust
twists and turns this plot for us
in my boat i do not row
i simply watch the stardust flow
in rays of light
into the sea
doing this kinda dance thing for me
but anyway this seeing thing
it all depends on what you bring
into this light
upon this sea
i drift along
inside of me

derek