Something less grim

I became invisible

And then I lived 100 years ago

Or so then it seemed to me

I walked captured by my daydreams

Along the shore of the river Ohio

But I didn’t walk alone

My dear friend you were there with me

Hair wet, tall grass, summer rain, can’t you see it.

Back then I had a sister

Oh lord I used to kiss her goodnight

She would sleep in a sundial

And when I walked alone

I shattered into daydreams and stayed broke

On the banks of the Ohio    

And my horizons ended every night

Dark and root and touch, yeah, it was alright

           

But oh how time lies

Time lies away

To yesterday

And oh how shy’s time

Time shies away

Stays home most days

And you were my lover

In ways that were 100 years ago

We would swim in the shallows

The depths of that water

Swallowed me and you I suppose

In the river, in the Ohio

I gasp for air as I dream

I breathe it in and out like fire dying

And look! How time sighs!

Time sighs for

A hollow space to scour

And look!

Here I am!

I’m hollow with the love of them

These people who have never been