From the Ruins

Water tapping against the ruins Of hidden earth Lines that we have written in the stars Like a flower grown from seed That’s lost at birth We count on one another To remind us of who we are The passage of time is but a memory That we save Where we dance and fall in love And pretend to play the game But not a trace of what we were Can be taken to the grave As we lose our faith in trust Then just turn and walk away From the ruins of evil We are buried with the past Excavated with the ashes From the burning of our bridge So bound we are in time That our dreams don’t stand a chance To search for our horizon And to see beyond the ridge The world has been my ruin With the crossing of your tracks I refused your trembling hands And the sadness in your eyes Your change with every season Was the gift that brought me back But now I trace you in the sand As your ocean waves goodbye Michael 1/19/2022