Lost Wisdom

i got close enough to the river that i couldn't hear the trucks
 but not close enough to stop the roaring of my mind
 these rocks don't care if i live or die
 everyone i know will finally turn away
 i will confuse and disinterest all posterity
 lost wisdom
 is a quiet echo
 lost wisdom
 by the edge of the stream at dusk
 is a quiet echo on loud wind
 with one hand in the water running cold and clear
 fog obliterates the morning and i don't know where i am
 the heart is pounding and you are always on my mind
 lost wisdom
 is a quiet echo
 lost wisdom
 a boulder under the house
 i used to know you
 now i don't
 the screaming wind said my name
 i think significant and dark
 my lost face in the mirror at the gas station
 who are you but my face that i wake up with alone
 lost wisdom
 approaching shape in the low light
 you thought you knew me
 you thought our house was home
 i thought i knew myself
 i thought my heart was calm
 thunder lightning
 tidal wave
 the wind blew down the door
 lost wisdom
 the river goes through the room
 i saw your picture out of nowhere
 and forgot what i was doing
 everything vanished in your eclipse
 a constellation of moments comes to life in the void
 lost wisdom
 face down under the moss
 enraptured by the beautiful face in the billowing flames
 i open the front and back door and let the wind blow through
 and i stood in the house and tried to hold the breeze
 lost wisdom
 waking up in a pile of ash
 secret knowledge
 comes to me in the dusk
 showed me the river
 i saw me