Time Traveler

I told him, “no matter the time,” 

and he told me, “no matter the place,

the universe gives you the bed that we make.”

I’ve traveled the world

for diamonds and drinks,

But he traveled through time to give me this ring.

They say that these choices 

don’t grow on these trees,

but I beg to differ

I change with ease.

I saw him last month at a motel with lights

we spent the whole evening escaping the night.

When there’s looks there are dreams

When there’s dreams there are dares

When there’s dares there are downfalls

And right to be scared.

There’s twice on the way to the person you’ve been

when you’ll pass an old place, and they wont let you in.

You will knock, you will plea, you will offer them gold

but the young can’t go back to a home that is old.

The memories weathered 

the climate has changed

the names and the faces are all rearranged.

He was worried of running but scared to stay still

cause the wheel of fortune doesn’t spin at your will

I taught him to listen

he taught me to breathe

I laid out the cards on the bed by his feet.

The six of the swords and the tower lay flat

they told him to leave and to never look back.

I said, “I’ll sleep on my stomach,

you sleep on your side,

we’ll know when they’re coming,

we’ll know when to hide.”

He is the only one to undo whats been done

Who can stop and start time, who can outrun the sun

 written on what else, but cocktail napkins at work. 

the words of this poem have been lifted and worked into the first song

of a very long project. 

enjoy.