recalling from memory, you are lost to me
and i find that mistakes are so easy
they flow so easily and sound so sweet to me
and then i bruise myself on the messes they make
recalling the constellations makes voices scratchy
because there’s a distance that is gaping
between thought and the ink of the pen
mistakes falter and they smudge
poking holes and inconsistencies
a crumble of pages and a mess of words
make the stars that much more further
and that much more difficult to grasp reaching for stories and memories
where i might find you and remember
all of the lost truths and choose
another tipping point, another liability
to chase away this responsibility
and to occupy these spaces of spontaneity
the end of the page brings calamity
the burning embers deep inside of me
are leaking clouds of smoke
from the tips of my fingers
scorching every sentence that gets written
recalling from memory, these mistakes
they are repeating history and they are
reenacting old theories and philosophies
about self and the social universe
and about shifting from crisis to cure
and i find that mistakes are so easy
they flow so easily and sound so sweet to me
and then i bruise myself on the messes they make
recalling the constellations makes voices scratchy
because there’s a distance that is gaping
between thought and the ink of the pen
mistakes falter and they smudge
poking holes and inconsistencies
a crumble of pages and a mess of words
make the stars that much more further
and that much more difficult to grasp reaching for stories and memories
where i might find you and remember
all of the lost truths and choose
another tipping point, another liability
to chase away this responsibility
and to occupy these spaces of spontaneity
the end of the page brings calamity
the burning embers deep inside of me
are leaking clouds of smoke
from the tips of my fingers
scorching every sentence that gets written
recalling from memory, these mistakes
they are repeating history and they are
reenacting old theories and philosophies
about self and the social universe
and about shifting from crisis to cure