Why did you think then
and
Why do you feel now
You are OK to park here?
drive here?
breathe in here?
stop breathing out here?
love here?
live here?
eat here?
defecate here?
urinate here?
peak here?
fall apart here?
exercise here?
sleep here?
practice here?
reflect here?
act here?
heal here?
destroy here?
appeal here?
repeal here?
unravel here?
reweave here?
fornicate here?
make love here?
Play here as now?
Work here, and now?
Demand here, more now?
Invite here as now?
Initiate here, and now?
Conclude here is also now?
Breed here as now?
Feed here, and now?
Devour here, more now?
Regurgitate here feels now?
Learn here, as now?
Teach here and now?
Meditate here now?
Preach here is now?
Prophecy here will become back there?
Exhort here as now?
Impress here for now?
Repress here against now?
Suppress here was also now?
Oppress here loves now?
Invest here and now?
Divest here as not now?
As compared to there?
As part of liberally rooted
thinking Now
conserving felt back Then.
Convicted healthy Presence
without condemning
unwealthy Other.
With the ringing of a horn
and a man yelling all aboard.
I knew I had to get on somehow.
I saw a line that I climbed
Hid out in a pile of boxes that laid below deck.
When the ship set sail I knew I was going somewhere.
Knew my life was soon to start.
The first night I laid low,
the second night I met a girl who stole my heart
loosing myself in her eyes
I slowly let her into my life.
She saw who I was an
unwealthy and uneducated man,
with a life of unknown adventures ahead.
The ship hit and started to sink.
We grabbed each others hand and ran quick.
Wish I would have met her in another time
where we could have laughed and cried.
Never thought it would end like this
holding the hand of a girl I never kissed.
As our souls drifted away and we became one.
Our bodies lied limp together and the sea won.
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