You should just walk up to the door now Go ahead, it’s the only way you can know They will look at you and see stained surfaces Only the imagination knows what lies below You cannot convince a stranger of your past They nod, wondering how much could be true Everyone knows we have shaped ourselves A real friend lets you become someone new Experience is not how we wish to be judged Our mistakes prefer the silence of blue deep There is nothing to see if you forget yourself Or remember if you see what you can’t keep A life devoted to becoming duty and toil You are now where birds gather not fallen Swaying on swells, limbs and suns setting And legs swollen with life giving pollen