class nineteen

Parkway


Walk like kings in wings of night
Climb through grass and stone until
the world lies underneath us now
Starshine bursts on faces white
See you as I did at first

Shiver cold, exhale of me
See it, feel it next to you
First tear falls, I rip apart
Comfort me in silent care
Breaking through our walls of lies
Pain and love in every word
until I feel I know you as
I longed to know you long ago

Earth that spins and pushes out
all things that remain within
And yet it seems that we are each
pushed into the other one
Falling toward the middle core
Flailing, yet there’s trust inside
that when my gaze does meet your own
I’ll find the ground that waits for me

Streak of light through spotted sky
reminds me of our dying love
I left behind the thought of you
and still could not let go of hope
that one more star would find us here
rebirthed and burning as the sun

And all the earth and stars beyond
will bow before the regal two
As we reclaim what never left:
galaxies that kissed our hands
and all the life outside of us

Moments past will slip away
and all that came on this fair night
will soon be but a memory
Knowing that we’ll soon depart
I spin to dance and closed-eyed sing
remember all in snapshot mind
Our last goodbye or first embrace
Hold you just because I can

Riding home, watching the road
and I knew that it was over