I can hear the echoes
Of a life happening
Outside the chambers
Of my ears and arms
I can’t seem to grasp
Hold of the outside
Overwhelming
Coming down
Crashing in and
Disappearing a
Host to show up
For you until you
No longer need me
Anymore this marks
The territory we tread
People can use you
Until they’re done
There is no other
Way to feel but
Detached sadness
I can hear the echoes
Of a life happening
Outside the chambers
Of my ears and arms
© GÄ
It’s like I forgot how to be alive
Was I ever listening?
I heard the echoes of my pets
Trying to catch my attention
While I was so busy living life
I missed it
I’ve been missing it
If I keep missing it
Soon it will be over
Old songs ringing in my ears
That I composed some years ago
I can still find them in my hands
Resting at the ends of my fingertips
It was like living that life
Gave me something to write
Something to sing about
Capturing the whole world ahead
Until today after I lived it
Even though I’m still alive
If I haven’t forgotten how to be
All the plans that I made all
Successfully played out
Somehow hanging on by a thread
Through a lot of it and happily
So I can compare the difference
Which one does it make here
To realize what most people
Aren’t figuring out
Life is going away
If we don’t live it
Somehow I am instantly
Overnight running out of time
What I cared about is gone
Feeling it even more
When we realize
The whole picture is blank
Only remnants of
What is left
Of a life you
Planned to live
Leftover memories
In the walls
Footprints on the floor
Looking for you
No more
Do something
It’s all vanishing
© GÄ
Poétique 