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 youve 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, thats 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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