Inside my empty bottle
I was constructing a lighthouse
while all the others were making ships.
Charles Simic
Well hell I was a little different
while the others were making trains
I was trying to make a spaceship
theirs made it out of the station
mine just looked empty there
screw it I thought give me visions
time spreads wider with the will
plans cardinal points and principles
please get us out of this world alive
it needs more than a goddamn train
sure I'm slightly different now
ah but dreams are about the same
a bit closer to a lighthouse than a rocket
I was trying to make a spaceship
theirs made it out of the station
mine just looked empty there
screw it I thought give me visions
time spreads wider with the will
plans cardinal points and principles
please get us out of this world alive
it needs more than a goddamn train
sure I'm slightly different now
ah but dreams are about the same
a bit closer to a lighthouse than a rocket
I love that, what else can be said, just perfect to me, from out of the lens
ReplyDeleteCheers, James.
DeleteSuperb Rob
ReplyDeleteCheers, Stu.
ReplyDeletethis looks good for the sci-fi poetry anthology
ReplyDeleteHa. I know the one. It's called "TAKING UP SPACE".
DeleteFabulous Rob - word perfect & picture/image perfect too :))
ReplyDeleteSo succinctly poured... with no spilt drops. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Jeffree.
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