Drowning in reflecting pool,
I fall as vision blurs
Shroud myself in liquid cool
and aspirate my bitter words

Crickets chirp on summer night
and shadows cling to me
Stomach ties in tiny knots
from what I know's in store for me

I reached out for a star,
I cupped my hand, and took my turn
but didn't ponder consequence
and wound up getting burned

Like a taste of immortality,
then hearing that you're terminal
The crashing of reality
is somewhere south of wonderful

So give a contribution
of the eyes, unto the seas
Build the wall back, good as new
as dignified composure flees

Close my eyes and sigh away
a sliver of that empty ache
That's spreading like a cancer
through my chest

I think I'll chase the summer South,
hear wisdom from another mouth,
admit I'm now a different kind of mess

Like celebrating life and love
by going to a funeral
Feathers shed from wings of doves
lie somewhere south of wonderful