Right Here
I’ve been waiting for my baby to wake up
Years and years, we have walked together
Hand in hand, watching the world go by
There is no time, only a state of mind
And I am attentive to the signs
A flare of recognition
An opening somewhere
I wish to peel away the layer
Like dead skin accumulated
But I know I cannot ripe off the veil
For heroes are a fantasy, the hero knows
Each must come to it alone
The sunrise after the dark night
I drop hints anyway, extended like my love
As I learn to hop higher until I take flight
There comes the day: you are in it, if only for an instant
It’s like tasting food and only then realizing
That you were starving
You want to hold it but you cannot, let it go
Dropping away, falling down
It feels like the ground has been taken away
Was it ever really there, though?
Afraid, because it feels like death when you forget
Everyone forgetting all the time
We worry about what’s around the corner,
When the battle is right here
Not to stay alive,
But to stay awake
Eyes open even in sleep
Embrace the Paradox 