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In The Long Shadow of Loss a train's screaming whistle
betrays miles of distance
you put between us
and reveals
just where you are
i could go there
i could flag you down
i could lay on the tracks
and keep you
just where you are
as when a flame in your window
you sprayed with bottle of water
left smoke whispering
"she's here"
and there you were
i stood out there
i stood drenched in clouds
i stood days at your fence
to keep you
just where you are
but you invented helicopters
with words, read off a teleprompter
that went over my head
and you road in them past me
to where you are
i stood there stunned
tried to understand
holding in my hand
the notes you rehearsed
you were always so clever
but forever and soon
both meant never
..never will, I figured out
so yes,
a train's screaming whistle
betrays miles of distance
you put between us
and reveals
just where you are
i could go there
i could flag you down
i could lay on the tracks
and keep you
just where you are
maybe for a little while
but I'd rather lay on my bed
and listen to the large sound
grow small
so small
that a grain of rice
which a mouse knocked off
the counter
in this old,
dim lit cabin
could make a sound
to drown your secret location out
This Is Magical!
A riced mouse loud - imaginative. You do with vibrant entities what I love to do with time. The longing palpable, the plan destined to never. Song lyric repetition. I bet a rock griup would buy it. Bravo write.