Empty Us

With something gone, with something missing-- an empty hole with an empty mind-- There's nothing to fill, who wants it? With something here, with something there— with all knowing eyes I find there’s something to fill who wants it? Filling your plate, tossing the remains Dumping out the trash, stacking the dishes Layering your body in the cold, stripping in the heat Your cup teeters drink it? Or let it spill? It’s a package bundle, you and I I find you to always be on my side left, right resent, love bright, dark It’s you and me, you and me the look in your eyes Just you and me the beat of your heart Together, together Always you and me, you and me capture the moment Just you and me a single frame Together, together! With nothing here, with nothing there chasing days cutting it close my battery fails Spilling my empty cup—who wants it? Running and Reaching Finding and Guiding Loving and Loosing Living and Regretting Dawning the bedsheets, collecting dust Creating such little noise: banging pots and pans, turning on the tap—plop, plop, plop! slamming the front door What did you say? Echoing around the world, I can’t find the words Among the crowd, you can find more You’re not empty, you’re not full It’s not sad; I am too Together? It’s you and me, you and me choosing Just you and me deciding It’s you and me, you and me grading Always you and me failing You, me together doesn’t mean forever? With something gone, with something missing an empty whole lacking its mind There’s something to fill, who wants it?