i returned
from the overseas trip
a new record waiting patiently
for that special first listen
but damn you
you unexpected earworm
from Scott 4, sending my mind
back, and further back,
to a summer in Apartment number 9
I hid from the world
mid-twenties confusion
too loud to bear
but just like always
a new album of old music
put all the love back in me »
a languid afternoon
rare winter sun
revisiting old photographs
balanced by the unease
of that last BoC album
keeping me from the blue
in-side
and out of harm’s way. »
another sunday morning, up before dawn
trying to be more than a dim receiver
the signal arrives a little stronger
some days more than others
but it doesn’t come at all
if I don’t seek it out
on a pavement somewhere
early
on a Sunday morning
at the very least. »
I fell asleep
in the passenger seat
you were next to me
one hand on the wheel
while the concrete overpass
glowed
in the afternoon light
and i felt safe
encased in steel.
when I woke
you were singing
softly
wondering when
your love would return
I tried not to move
wondering if you’d noticed
I was back on earth. »