Before you let me go, remember
That I was special to you, once
Not just two fishes swimming
In the same month, but the joining
Of Sun and Moon forever
Above the cold fronts
Perhaps I am tired
Of not being who you think I am
Of justifying nothing
To escape self-doubt?
And perhaps you are simply bored
With your perceptions -
Or is it opportunity
You surmount, unthinking
For tomorrow?
Where you walk the world follows -
Footsteps I can’t count
Only sorrows.
Can you let it fade, or did it first glow
Only from your reflection?
The truth is, I am neither then, nor now,
Cannot be deduced by circumspection
You’ve reinvented me twice
And yet I remain unborn
I am not the ressurection
Nor your idea of things
There are no images to clothe the motions
No keys, no words, no strings
To attach
I am more than can be scratched
At by the loose digits of the mind.
Let it go, and keep me
Free from what you find
In definition of your own being
The legitimate of pride
For I am tired of all this seeing
And searching around inside
Just come up now and hold me
Right here, within your heart
Lay me down, and gently unfold me
To keep me close
Let’s lie here a million ages
Before the worlds upstart
I end in your beginning -
My substance is your ghost
I end in your beginning -
I love you the most.