Within my own mind Incompatible ideas Reside, side by side

What am I saying Without words? Without meaning Who am I being?

An abandoned egg Precariously balanced Left out in the cold

I should have known it Everything I touch turns sour Break me to pieces

If I close my eyes Will the world still be out there? It’s inside my mind

Rivers run away Carrying burdens each day Yet they are still here

Scarred silver skies shine Sinking sunlight steels my mind Set my sights to sea

Invisible lines Stretch across the wilderness Disconnecting us

Search for common ground High above the stars look down On the space we found

From thorns and thistles In the sweat of our faces We eat daily bread

There’s gold in this field And treasure you cannot hoard Work, it’s own reward

Dry and dusty straw Folded into golden bricks Who could ask for more?

Everywhere the eyes Do I meet expectations? Wilt in the limelight

The river carries All of my troubles away And takes me with them

Golden harvest notes Float and fade across the fields We must keep playing

Am I the whisper? The murmur in the darkness? A wolf in the night?

Spray sizzles scorched soil Sweltering into puddles Soak in the summer

Keep these summer days Trapped in amber, cast in gold Never let them go

Swinging from the tree Shady seat in scorching heat My office today

As the heat recedes We are drawn towards the lake A quiet ending