Alvarez looks like you, you know And I’m thinking ‘bout you when I walk in the snow As I wonder where in the world you might be Looking out at the scene I think you see Coz you’re diamonds, you’re shining, you’re just like a star Oh, what can I ever say that you are Coz you looked at me like you think that I’m fly And will I meet you again while the sun’s still in the sky While we’re both still young or at least not old And my story of you will not be untold Coz you’re golden, you’re fire, you’re burning red And you seem to knock walls I’ve built in my head Monuments to an age old crime And I’m not convicted though I’ve done my time Trodding through a heavy fold You’re bought but baby you’re never sold
22 is a long way behind me I’m just feeling nostalgic so don’t mind me And the energy is bittersweet Like the coast the ocean sweep And I’ve grown up but I’m down It’s been years since I’ve worn a classic gown Back when I was in with the Commerce crowd And I almost said your name aloud When Isabelle asked if I Had the hots for any guy And what would have been if my tongue hadn’t tripped Would you be the one I’m walking with Coz I’m long past empty and far past subside And I still remember your diamond eyes As they gazed up at me from the edge of the bed I was looking down at all they said And you just on the side of your seat Was it fate that made us meet Coz I’m always feeling we’re supposed to be I lean on you like a tree So solid and secure You look at me and I am pure In my intent to do you well How did I get so lost, I cannot tell I just wanna know what it’d be like To have a song where you’d grab the mic And interject your own pause There should be a hidden clause That says when I get near to you I’ll find a love that can do No wrong So I wrote you this song Will you hear Coz, my dear I’m never far away And I still love you, okay?
The feeling of lostness of twenty one When you’ve completed what is done And people say that you’re still young That life has barely just begun But I feel weary in my bones Splitting hairs and running home And always, always alone Except for the figures in my phone Now I’m looking back ten years hence When forever is in the present tense And I’ve lifted weight off of my shoulders Younger now that I am older And running lines I’ve seen this play a thousand times And if you say that you are fine I believe it now wealth is mine I believe it now summer is in the air And you can feel the presence of all that isn’t there In empty space Is all that youth gone to waste Or compost for the growing grass Ground for something that will last
The age of yesteryear
Reminds me of how things should be
I see myself running through fields
Endlessly free
I see myself bog bound
As we bring home the turf
I see myself in Delphi
As we learn how to surf
And I can't hold onto the weight
Of passing time
I can't isolate a memory
And call it mine
And I'm flicking through pages
Though substance be naught
I'm dreaming of sages
In a net where I'm caught
And they call it samsara
Or the endless spin
They call it karma
But can you let love in
To break across the landscape
Like a sunset to dawn
Can you finally realise
A state where pain is gone
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The Poetry Book 