Circling defiant round the Sun
Take the time to sing
Falling faster than they come
Wait and see the change

When did it happen?
When did we stop smiling?
Did you ever smile at all?

You look at me…
With distilled cynicism
And though you’ve never seen me before
You know me?

Am I an anomaly?
In my quest not to be labelled
Did I lose identity?

But I sit and watch the sky…
The sky watching man, that’s me
Finding every detail above
Seeing through the clouds
Or are they there at all?

Falling to centre…
Centre to edge…
Edge to thin air…
Falling…

And now the contempt
Born from your fear
Your fear of me…
The one you will never understand
Fear of understanding
Has left you mystified

Fear to understand me?
Or yourself?

But soon I am on my way…
My own way…
Scribbling my way in the sand
So no one can follow
Anyone but themselves.

07/25/2000

Posted on 11/17/2001
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