orange lanterns lift
into the quiet darkness
taking us with them

one set of footprints
walking in the wet sand
me without you

the rains have ended
night whispers its cooler words
you are my blanket

a restless night’s sleep
my first thought in the morning
our bed half empty

so green and so blue
the same impossible colors
rice fields and the sky

snow filling the trees
so quickly and so quickly
a perfect silence

all the fallen snow
comes to rest on the gravestones
colder grows the moon

Sometimes it's better
To not have ever
Even tried
"Never say never"
Should come with a disclaimer
Spread wide

Watch for the tide
Current's make a deadly ride
Try to remember
More people than not have lied
Wrong and right often mingle on the same side
A good person's not even a contender

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