These words just come by themselves...

I wrote a poem yesterday and, as with all my poems of the last decade or so, they were more song lyrics than anything else. A smarter man would get back in a band but I'm just posting them here. The title was "Better When You Blur", about how we project a person's qualities onto them and how much easier it often is when their true selves don't show through. I don't know if you've ever know anyone like that - but, obviously, I have.

I have another one today. It started out as a poem about Vicky and I at the beach. Then, I started thinking about how any future we had in mind for ourselves is totally gone and the future we see totally probably won't happen. We have no idea what the future holds.

Granted, that may not be what the poems says...




You make me want to see the shore
And walk along without my shoes
And watch the ocean kiss my feet
And feel the water on my toes
It’s in that place when I’m with you and when my present comes unglued
It doesn’t matter where you are as long as you’re not very far
My life is colored grey with slate. I don’t consider it my fate.

The future we once had together
When we always had forever
The future we could hold in time
When nothing couldn’t be more fine
The future we once had together

Sometimes I’ll stand out in the yard
And watch the stars shine like your eyes
Imagining you’re in my arms
And think I feel your breath so fine
It’s in that place when I’m with you and when my present comes unglued
It doesn’t mean you’re not away but when you’re here then I’m okay
My memories are wearing thin but I’ll hold on to holding them.

The future we once had together
When we always had forever
The future we could hold in time
When nothing couldn’t be more fine
The future we once had together

It’s in that place when decades break and seconds seem to be forsaked
An instant lasts for memories as long as you’re the one I see
I love the way you’ll always be

The future we once had together
When we always had forever
The future we could hold in time
When nothing couldn’t be more fine
The future we once had together