Hope

I was not put here by anyone in fear
 I came alone as me
 Just an idea in a long chain of discovery
 Surrounded by the same you
 Sometimes your tide pulls me out to sea
 And I die in a thrashing curse
 Sometimes we are kind
 More often, I doze
 So far up the beach that those who try to reach are burnt
 Alive in the searing heat of the desert of my dispassion
 So far removed, I never hear the water
 'Cept once or twice a month when I see a mirror
 And I refuse to believe in some of the things that are said to be here
 Let alone those that are not
 I'm trying to change my direction
 Ours is pathetic in my own humble estimation
 I love the planet
 The great benign she-wolf
 Benefactor
 Spinning gently on towards the red giant four aeons hence
 When all the rose gardens are consumed in the flash-fire of flying time
 She'll leave alone to you
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 When you look at me
 From your own century
 I may seem to be
 Strange archeology
 But when the winds blow
 From this direction
 You may sense that I'm
 In your reflection
 I think I feel you
 But I will never know
 As the swallows leave
 And the children grow
 I wanted to live forever
 The same as you will too
 
 I wanted to live forever
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 And everybody knew
 When I caught you there
 In tomorrow's mirror
 I thought I'd felt you
 Jump out of my skin
 Throwing oil into
 My blazing memories
 Filling empty footsteps
 I was standing in
 I wanted to live forever
 The same as you will too
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 I wanted to live forever
 And everybody knew
 
 With the falling rain the northern jungle
 Hanging droplets on the leaves bombards my brain
 I hear you across the room
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 And see daffodils spring into bloom
 You are the mist
 The frost across my window pane
 And again
 She moves her body
 And her whispers weave
 And the world spins
 And tells me that I'll never want to leave
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 When I look at you
 From this dark century
 It must always be
 With generosity
 That we both may share
 The hope in hearing
 That we're not just
 Spirits disappearing