The Persistence of Time (and other love songs)

Notes: In my mind, I hear this as a lullaby.  Once I hear more of it, it will be played and recorded. Thank you, Ni-Cara, for the title!-gmh

Originally written: 8.29.11,  11:30pm.  

Slowly   slowly   slowly
   ever so softly goes the time
Stretching across the distance

until I have nothing left to give
nothing left to hide

The smell of rain
   fills the olfactory nerves
making the world fill with
the musty dusty smell of
   dirt and wet concrete

Flowers grow until they fade
   then seed, die, rebirth
  sharing their bounty in
the cycle of life

Wheels roll ever onward
   until there is no more ground
on which to roll
 And then they rocket
onto the sky, the moon,
the stars, the universe
leaving all else in its wake.

Leaving everything behind
in search for the ultimate
             question

Then the bowl tips
         the water spills
       and it all begins again

"untitled" 8.29.11, 11:18p.m.

When death is imminent
and darkness looms
We can let go and face
    the night with adventure in our hearts
with light inside our soul

When misery floods
    our very gates
and despair howls on our doorstep
We will stand with laughter on our lips
       a song within our eyes

People will see this
  and some will say,
"That gives me hope,
     to go on another day."

Others will look and declare,
  "What the FUCK are they on?"

Still others will understand
    and join in the adventure
the light, the laughter,
         the song

in a show of solidarity
    to the
indomitable human spirit
that drives us to go on

Other Side of Tomorrow

I'll see you on the other side of tomorrow

I'll take your hand and we'll both walk through the sorrow

The path looks dark and the way's unclear

It seems there's no end in sight and we're full of fear

But I know we'll make it to the other side of tomorrow   

When the winds of change make us think we've lost our way

We'll stand our ground and let the tempest rage

And we'll both be on the other side of tomorrow

We’re just tiny specks

of insignificant somethingness

flying through time & space on

a journey to nothingness

Reaching for the stars

before they’re snatched from our grasp

So I reach for your hand

knowing we’re going to follow this adventure together

even as we stand alone

on the other side of tomorrow

We’ll hoist future generations onto our shoulders

lifting them to heights we couldn’t even dream

And through them achieve immortality

On the other side of tomorrow

I'll take your hand and we'll both walk through
to the other side of tomorrow

YouTube Link to "Other Side of Tomorrow"