Fireworks, frightened birds,
framed against a startled sky
a fleeting canvas, a tableau of life

Fireworks, frightened birds,
framed against a startled sky
moment of celebration, moment of strife.

I still hold the remnants of that picture
that time erased from the sky.
Was it just nature or sublime scripture?

I still hold the remnants of that picture
that time erased from the sky.
Played out for my questioning eye.

Coz I’ve seen life in crowded places
everyone visits, no one stays
feeling trapped in the lights, lost in unlit spaces
in between being someone and being a face.

When our yesterdays are gone & our today’s are almost over,
when the need for some new journey has just begun,
We all leave home, but for how long is what really matters
coz time is the actual distance between people, when one is chasing the sun

Ssh.. listen to the cry of a child
A new beginning and the truth implied
Ssh…listen to the vagaries of rain
That stop short of the desert and deluges the plains

Lost, now that I can see
The future ain’t what it used to be
Like a poet without a vision, an object of mockery
A dreamer who’s lost his dream to reality

Cos I’m the immortal, baptized in fire
Unable to die unless I desire
I’m the light piercing the darkest dawn
I’m the human spirit walking on

Death continues to stalk us
Sometimes gently, mostly not
I’m at the age when loved one’s die
And as I live I understand why

Wake up, alarms in your head
That keep going off thru the day
Another deadline to separate time
As you ease into your prison chains

You’re human fuel burning out
Fulfilling your destiny
As a plunging line on a time graph
An art form of this century

These prison chains are your making
A disease you embrace
You’re smiling but the gaps start showing
It’s like a cancer in your face

Prison chains, didn’t see them coming
Till they were firmly in place
You’re still smiling, an emptiness growing
Where you once had a face

You gave up so much of your life
You couldn’t have known what for
Nothing you built was meant to last
And no one was keeping score

You’re a victim of the surmise
That these chains were too strong
They were nailed to the open skies
Untested far too long

These prison chains are your making
A disease you embrace
You’re smiling but the gaps start showing
It’s like a cancer in your face

Prison chains, didn’t see them coming
Till they were firmly in place
You’re still smiling, an emptiness growing
Where you once had a face

And as I watch you multiply
Into a vortex of human pain
Can I smash the mirrors between you and I
The last of my prison chains.