Elegy
Desk cleared of any last trace
Bent paperclips, crumbs, and coins
Plastic widgets lost to wherever they once belonged
I chucked ‘em, and stuffed ‘em and wiped away
The evidence that I had once been
Here with you
Away from this city, daydream tripping in another land
Familiar to us both, at different times
I could forget for a moment
How much I missed this…
You
Because it almost felt like we were there, side by side
Walking streets I had grown up on, seen through your eyes
Our steps overlapping, like one image drawn over another
Didn’t they discover a hidden picture that way,
Drawn by one of the great masters?
Coming back now, it hits me, unexpected
As the dog downstairs whines mournfully
And that song plays, singing of possibilities
It is harder to be here, so close
Who knew that it would be like this
Embrace the Paradox 