Sunset Rising
I sat outside yesterday
Just to see what you would say
To see if all those things you said rang true
I was sitting there, upside-down
Feet faced up, head to the ground
I watched as morning sky turned blue
I felt blood rush to my head
I wondered surely I should be dead
But the day's not over yet we'll see
The birds they chirped and clouds ran by,
And I started thinking if I could fly,
Would I ever come back to this old tree?
I stopped trying to figure this out
And sure enough, I forgot about
All those things you said to me before
My mind was soaring through trees
With the dandelions and bumblebees
Surfing along from shore to distant shore
I saw again how nice things were
When you didn't care if you let things blur
And how simple happiness could be
I lost track of the ticking time
Of the dreaded clock in the world of mine
In this world where I fit in so perfectly
And among the hills I saw my life
Free of danger, free of strife
I saw the perfect life in my mind
It was sitting there where I could grasp
But I did not stare 'cause It would last
It was right there in a place I could always find
But then I lapsed out of my dream
Of a perfect world in harmony
And back into my life of dispair and woe
I cursed the earth and I punched the branch
I screamed real loud why did I miss the chance
I should have taken that perfect life I found
Now I had to live in misery
What happened to my only harmony?
I couldn't look at the sky so I decided to face the ground
To my surprise what did I find?
A thousand ants all in a line
And they all lived in harmony
What did they know that I did not?
Then I found it was quite a lot
They knew how to live in simplicity
It was then I decided as I looked to the west
If I was simpler that would be best
Just with a complex thought from time to time
I took a breath, dropped from the tree
Started seeing what I could see
In this imperfect world in a perfect mind of mine
Oh... I just noticed you can attach files (I haven't been on the site in months) Oh well...