Alas for me
That I circle so
In my mind’s recesses

Alas for me
That I trundle on
When I could stop and feel

Alas for me
That I wait
For what may never come

Alas for me
That I die
In living for anything
But now

Stand with me
That we stand the stronger

Talk with me
That we talk the freer

Lie with me
That we lie the closer

Walk with me
That we walk the wiser

Laugh with me
That we laugh the truer

A brighter day awaits me
When I can live with the clouds
And welcome the rains
And smile at the roaring winds
And embrace the sounds of a disquieted world

Let the quiet moments go
And bring on the loud
If only for a day
To know
To hear
To see
To feel
All that the music might bring you

I cannot but hope
That in the noise
In the shouting
In the cacophonous din
of hateful words

A silence might slither
Like a garter through the grasses

Let us rest a while
Forget the winds
And the fires
And the rains
And the snows
And the frosts
And the grey

All the quaking
And the blowing
And the yelling
And the fighting
And all the things outside us

Let us rest a while
You
And me

For a moment
You
And me

And nothing else