Be Near

Can we be near?

Our hands across the table

And everything in pairs

On the run, we aim for the summits and pinnacles

But when your wobbly legs tire, but your mind still roams

Here comes the wheelbarrow, I’m taking you home

Please believe in my sense of direction

We’re not lost, we’re not home

But we can have it all

Pet sounds and rubber souls

Let your fear go

Let all your fear go

How can you tell I’ve been working at all?

Can’t fill a page with what I have so far

Splinters and glue when you grab my hand

as we walk through some half-asleep neighborhood

And on your tongue, words lose their bearing when love empties the lungs

I’m steady enough to move

I’d like to follow you until we represent at the gates of heaven

And we go through it all

The harvest and the gold rush

Let your fear go

Let all your fear go

How can you tell?

I can tell