softly humming and deftly proceeding unobtrusive like a shy one at a gathering i make myself obscure and inconsequential though my heart tells me it's only a matter of time before i make my mark and cause a stir among my peers and before we hear the distinct sound of the bell's chime as it calls upon all and sundry, far and wide across the land to declare their love in soft tones and hearts serene and sincere to look upon love with wondering eyes that burn with longing and drink to the love of a lifetime in a sunset glass blown by a master thereafter to sing a song that is a tale of love unlimited and hope eternal the thing to remember is the image of a backpacker at some lodge sinking with the yellow sun in an obscure room where he lays his head though he knows it not, his ritual daily enacts our final days