as i came across your name in my phone, i remembered the way that we met
did i come across as a human being?
did i come across as something less?
did you hope that i was gonna open up a passageway to a gilded world?
while you guard the gate to a social stream where the blueprints for heaven unfurl
fear is not a way out of this
can't alight on a dream dismissed
coincidence of opposites
in my heart i am just like them
with a dark center in my eyes
haven't tripped in such a long time
we go back to the fire
we gathered around to stay alive
while you think aloud, i am picturing a polyptych of your different laughs
one for every phase of the moving moon, gleaming off a marble path
and i finally accept that the changes i want are the fruit and not the tree
i will work for rain, i will coax the sun, give a name to every leaf
fear is not a way out of this
can't alight on a dream dismissed
coincidence of opposites
in my heart i am just like them
with a dark center in my eyes
haven't tripped in such a long time
we go back to the fire
we gathered around to stay alive