Where were you
All these long years now gone
When I was burned and broken
Dreaming of your solace
While the days slipped by from my window
Rising and falling waves of sand dunes
Watching
The casual observer I always have been
And where were you
Laying where I had tripped
When i was hurt and i was helpless
People passing me by as my life did the same
Cuz the things you say
Like the many notes in an orchestra ballad
And the things you do
More than God's handling of our fates
Surround me
As the falling autumn oak leaves
While you were hanging yourself
Entranced upon the magic
On someone else's words
Preached on destiny and faith
Dying to believe to believe in what you heard
For you were also searching to be found
I was staring straight
Through the space you were floating and-
Into the shining sun

Lost in thought
As we disappear into labyrinthine minds
And lost in time
Living all moments in one instance
While the seeds of life
The bound energy potential of all our experiences
And the seeds of change
Re-examining all that had been absorbed thus far
Were planted
As these notions were realized
Outside the rain
To quench life's everlasting thirst
Fell dark and slow
Easing my mind yet fueling it to wander
While I pondered on
Discussing with myself these deductions
This dangerous but irresistible past time
Of delving ever deep into thoughts
I took a heavenly ride
Coasting ribbons of swirling zephyr
Through our silence
And after ruminating on our existence
I knew the moment had arrived
To come up and out of this mental shell and-
For killing the past
Of prevailing long dwelling denizens of sanity
And coming back to life

I lifted my unclouded eyes
And headed straight into the
Shining Sun