Lei Hopwood

Lei Hopwood Sep 2014

The Park

When we were together:
We could sit in a park or a field
all day long
feel the sun shining on your face and
forget everything that's wrong

When we were just friends:
We could still sit in a park or a field
all day long
feel the sun shining on our face and
forget everything that's wrong

Now we are apart:
I could sit in a park or a field
all day long
feel the sun shining on my face and
know together we still belong

Lei Hopwood Sep 2014

Nonsense

One of few constants
The one that drives everything
The one that binds everything
Some call that nonsense

Because bonds break
Even with nothing at stake
These things can seem fake

Everything drives itself
upon this mortal shelf
we believe we're full of wealth

Though it seems strange
and out of our range
we all worship change

One of few constants
The one that drives everything
The one that binds everything
How we call that nonsense

Lei Hopwood Sep 2014

On Beating Wings

Once I was an empty tree
and here I swung
On the lowest branches of me
life not yet begun

and here I see you
and you see me
passed me you flew
reaching out
we always missed
reaching out
into the abyss
into the sea
passed you I flew

The deepest depths of me
and down you slung
the branch I could not see

as I am drowning
you are frowning

and then I feel
your last appeal

Your wrist clasp to mine
and mine to yours
and together we soared
forever divine

Lei Hopwood Sep 2014

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

Maybe I coulda,
Maybe I shoulda,
That doesn't mean that I ever woulda.

Maybe I woulda,
I coulda,
That doesn't mean that I shoulda,

Even though I shoulda,
I probably woulda,
If I ever coulda,

Coulda,
Woulda,
Shoulda,

Withstood,
misunderstood and,
still good.

Lei Hopwood Sep 2014

Grow to Goals

The're are no snakes,
just Ladders,
for even when you life is in tatters,
you grow,
grow,
grow,
you float,
passionately to your dreams,
When we are salmon,
fighting up our streams,
this is when,
your tenacity gleams,
and pulls,
pulls,
pulls,
you passed,
your past,
your present for
Your future,
awaits.

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