Slipping (Lisa)

Hillside, gnarled oak against setting sun, styrofoam and cardboard tangling, lowest branches kindling. Miniature dark greens fringe, damp leaves, freckled tips of twigs. Mosquitoes zip, hawkish, above our tiny nook. Quick surveyance unveils histories, drifting vagabonds, eyes shifted, plunged forward, cryptic symbols, shadowed pasts, yet to comes. I lay on my back, eyes grazing fields of starlight. You slip away. We were close once. Not now. But what can I do? I wandered the desert, cyclical parallels, life and death. Careless breeds the rot, the filth. Careful blooms the desert rose. Awaken precious stone, unfold.

So you folks may find this interesting! This is what the poem looks like when I put it to song. The chords are B# G F The vocals and melody have kind of an Eddie Vedder vibe. The strum pattern is B# dun-dun-dun G dun-dun-dun F dun-dun-dun dun-dun-dun ! I don't plan on recording but if y'all demand it I reckon I am inclined to oblige.

Hillside

Gnarled oak

Sunset

Styrofoam

Cardboard tangles low

Branches kindling grow

Miniature dark greens fringe

Damp freckled leaves

Tips of twigs

Mosquitos zip

Drone hawkish

Above our tiny nook

Quick surveyance shows

Histories unveil

Vagabonds adrift

Forward eyes that shift

Lunge symbols of the ancient crypt

Shadowed pasts to come

On my back eyes ablaze

Fields of starlight glow

To graze once close you slip away

Through these dunes I roam

Cycle parallels unknown

Life and death the desert flows

Careless breeds the rot the filth

Careful blooms the desert rose

Awaken precious stone unclose

Awaken precious stone unclose

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