The End of the World

Today I read about the end of the world

I read it in newsprint

Curled up in my bed

It came with a flash

It came in the middle of the night

Snuck in like a thief

And stole it all away

Today I read about the end of the world

It's scheduled to happen soon

They can't tell you the date quite yet

But they know it's coming soon

Tomorrow may never come

But I will never know

Yesterday may be the last time

The last time I see my sister

The last time I see the sunset

Tomorrow may never come

Because today may be all I have

Today I read about the end of the world

Now I wait and hold my breath

Hard to Reach

You call out And I call back Anticipation Palpitations And then I disappear And I’m gone so long

Then, I come back Like no time has past Only to disappear again

My bed in the living room Rattling A/C Fear of a hurricane In a water-stained room It makes me think of you Reminds me of the time we spent The days I pinned for you Imagining you touching me When I didn’t know your face

But I’ve got dreams so much bigger than me I gave them up before For a man whose face I scarce remember And I can’t start again Until I do this thing for me And so, I’m hard to reach Because I’m reaching so far

I’m besotted With the dream It’s all I know It’s all I want Consumed by desire I can’t think straight Nothing will stop me this time And so I’m hard to reach

Home at Last

We came from far away

We came from up above

We searched the stars

We searched the comets

We searched everywhere

To find a place

To rest our heads

To rest our hearts

But “look” I cry

“Look at that.”

We’ve finally done it

Home at last