autumn, clothed in reticence,
still glows

in little monuments
nature builds
to itself

It’s river time, the sunset comes, and thoughts run free along the banks
We’re only people, after all, that’s all we are or could be

The kids I thought so cool in school; the beautiful girls, the guys they liked –
They all were only people

And governments and corporations, all sorts of organizations –
Each, just made of people

And football players and rockstars; saints and sinners; models, actors –
All just only people

And I don’t know what we expect:
We endow earthly deity
Upon those who pretend to know
But do not know
And cannot know
Because we’re only people

The Age of Hubris is our time
It makes us think we know it all
When mostly, we outdo the past
In deluding ourselves

It’s river time for everyone, I hope wherever you might be
That light and peace come round your way
Today and every single day
And know this – know it near and far –

People.

That is all

We are

Right now, this room is empty.
There’s nothing, only sounds of rain outside.

The moments sometimes tempt me
To flights of indigence or manic pride.

I’ve long known that you’re worried.
You think “So much he’s been through, after all –”

But in these times unhurried,
I hear impatient ghosts just down the hall…

How can you be so old, have seen so much?
Where is the sweetness of your lover’s touch?
Why do you write as though your heart would burst?
How can you last, when you’re not sure what’s first?

I turn the music on, to try
To chase the ghosts away;
I sing a sad old Celtic song
Of sunset on the bay

I wish that I could turn back space,
And travel deep inside;
To see the land of all I’ve lost
And all that’s yet untried

I’d shine on a light on everyone
If only I could start —
But I am not the man for that,
I’m neither wise nor smart

But only slowing down from all
The wear that’s on my tires:
My batteries are dying, and
My license soon expires

Right now, this room is empty,
But, just know that I’m okay —
I know you ask because
Your heart is full of love
For everyone
Today