With child’s eyes
We wait for the surprise
A fizz, a sparkle
A burst of colour
Excited point and show
Your daddy where his eyes should go
Face pressed to the window
In a dark room
To see better
In the potential of the gloom

It’s not you
It’s ennui

Cool shop’s
Flip flops
Pimped with
Hip hop
Bargain!
Barge in
Wrong size
Can’t win

Don’t promise me forever
It’s a cruel thing to say
My second fear, eternity, drains my blood away
Stars never ending
A series without end
To comprehend infinity
Is a tricky thought to play
Memories of the pulpit
Sermon in full flow
I feel faint with existence
And I can’t run or go

I look into your glistening eyes
A sadness, to my slight surprise
What lies beneath the tear veneer
What lies will I no doubt hear
But what is this? A sentence uttered
That’s gives me hope alls not lost
Not an expression of undying love
Not an epiphany of what should be and was
Simply a memory that long ago
Two souls started down a road
That led to joy and hope and pain
Something we may do again
Knowing you I know that there
Is likely something you don’t care to share
But knowing you as well as I
I fear that your tears may one day give me rise to cry