Looped into

A life lived twice

So don’t worry about me

I’ll get it right next time

Whatever these lessons

I collect on the way

Wash away from me

By the end of each day

But let’s say I stay hidden

Nothing grows in the dark

And what doesn’t grow

Doesn’t age

And what won’t age

won’t die

Life’s safer in a cage

A nicely packaged

little lie

I’ll just turn away

and ignore any signs

I’ll call on delusion

to blur any lines

Beauty evaded is not beauty lost

Stay quiet, stay small

Stay

Keep what you have

Give nothing away

If I look into you

and I see myself clearer

Why not shrink back

And hide from that mirror

If I never know you

then what can I owe you

If you can’t ever place me

Maybe you won’t break me

The mystery starves me

yet keeps me alive

Is there no other way

for us to survive?

To see myself in you

without shying away

Maybe with nothing to prove

I can close my eyes

Let my breath man the sails

Maybe spirit will break free

So life can prevail

But oh god

If I give it my all and I fail

Better to shut it away

And pretend we’re all given

More versions of today

Looped into

A life lived twice

Don’t worry about me

I’ll get it right next time