Echo

Another sleepless night is sleeping
My mind wanders, I'm smiling without dreaming
I hear an echo that I just can't place
Bouncing back and forth and it leaks.
It leaks a happiness that I have yet to dissect
From an uninhibited emotion that these pills mix up
There's no question left to ask
There's no answer left to find
Yet this echo takes shape and its taking what's mine
It's letting me know that what we feel is right
And it's your voice that plays safely in the blinding light
So as we do this dance from the dawn of life
With no questions left to ask
With no answers left to find
We both hang onto this moment as it slips through time

A Year Ago Today

A year ago… not today

Sitting in the same place

Looking at life the same way

Instinct grabbed a hold of the reins

Whisked my past away with pleasant pain

Woke me up, stood me up, and went away

I wonder why I was what I wasn’t.

I wasn’t what I always wanted to be

An elaborate excuse wearing my face

Made unusual mistakes, then made them ok

Played little games with my life, then walked away

Dangling sticky little strings to get in the way

Holding myself back on purpose, just to play the game

A year ago… was a lot like today

Except I know where I’ve been and I know who I am

Staring right at my future

As my past fades away.