Behind
October 14, 2006Scott Downes No Comments »In dreams like old film clips
Kissed chocolate off your lips
An afternoon with rain
Seen through your window pane
The world was younger then
It glittered for your friends
Guess you should know by now
Some dreams get lost somehow
Forward and back we rhymed
Like daylight savings time
Fell back once every year
Moved on once it was clear
It had come to this
The morning broke and hissed
The sun that should have shined
Just never rose this time
So if you think of me
Please do it carefully
The way you move your hips
Can’t feel my fingertips
White feathers flutter down
From heaven on this town
You were protected then
When will you be again?
I smile to work my teeth
I make you laugh in grief
You never wait for me
You never check to see
Were those two laughing eyes
Or plastic masked disguise
Once lost we’ll never find
These things we leave behind
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