The backyard smelled like oranges
The linen closet like dog fur
There was masking tape on the window
and pencil marks on the walls

Long before they'd ripened
I'd taken off and left her
But I'll never forget the sound
my name makes when momma calls

I could bring you back
My room is probably still pink
I bet the pool isn't green
and the oak tree is still growing

But no kids are jumping in those puddles
No mom is humming at that sink
No dad is cooking on that grill
You can't stop time's forward flowing

They say life is in the memories
But what happens when there aren't enough
and it's too late for more
What then?

Perhaps nobody is to blame
that our bodies are made of fragile stuff
But why did the ending have to come
with so much left to begin?

If I could fly back
months in time
I would have kissed you
and made you mine

Not even starlight
on our bare skin
can make anything
new begin

It's all tied up
in strings of the past
that won't unravel
in the dewy grass

Like a moth
I flit and hover
hoping to catch
your heart uncovered

If you were evil
if I was bold
maybe the night
wouldn't be so cold

Blood is stronger than water
Sunlight shines through the rain
And all the tears in the ocean
can't wash away this pain

When I put my head in the sand
and tell myself I don't care
I find I can't avoid a thing
by pretending it's not there

Will we ever reach the rainbow
skating on this slippery slope?
A penny in the wishing well
won't renew dashed hope

I don't want hasty explanations
or fabricated reasons why
I only want love in your heart
and passion in your eyes

who would have thought
-the world-
could be contained in a smile
two fingers
on one peice of paper
or a breath on my neck

maybe I'm a fool
[I know I am]
but you made my blood
run faster
with something
that tasted like life

who can explain how or why
the heart responds
the way it does
its just a chemical equation
[it doesn't even
-matter-]

all I know is
now that you're gone
I cant remember
why I'm still here
drowning...
in the echoes of your name

there were no tears when the world fell down
I sat with demure eyes downcast
and broke the news to a knowing nod
furitively glanced up
and in that brief meeting of our eyes
there was pain the twist of your face
you didn't have to say it because I know
the torrent is masked in civility
and we can smile because we're adults

oscillations by the myriad
the two crossings are one period
only white noise will remain
if all the numbers are the same

I just do the operation twice
producing a bilinear cubic splice
and the result, you can see
is simply cosine omega t

all these numbers are binary
keep delta x primary
since one byte is eight bits
you can calculate the hits

the relation between correlation index one
and the total zero crossing sum
connects the time and spectral domain
in the orthographic plane

Child moment and father time
waged war in the battleground of my mind
Calling all forces they had to spare
they snuck up on me unaware

Dashing forward was the child
formidable in beauty as he smiled
"Come embrace me for today
tomorrow I will run away
Fulfill your desire at my hand
you'd better catch me while you can
Look around at these hills and trees
I offer all your eyes can see
Remember when my time has passed
the memories still forever last"

My heart and mind sweetly beguiled
chose I to follow this cunning child
Through a maze of pleasure we did run
up to the door of the house of fun
Frivolity had made for a thrilling ride
but the door never opened to let us inside
"Now here I leave you on your own
hope you can find your way back home"

Feeling that I had been blind
I caught the eye of father time
softly humming an enticing song
I realized he'd been there all along
He didn't need to speak a word
because my heart had already heard
"Once the moment passes by
who will hold you when you cry?
When the leaves from the trees all fall
then you'll answer to my call
Catch the scent upon the wind
I offer you all from where it has been
and all from where it is travelling to
the land where dreams come true"

Lovingly he gestured for me to come
There was no doubt in the end who won
I took that strong hand I'd always known
and I let him lead me all the way home

Close your eyes
and take my breath away
Make it so
I don't know what to say

Do you try
to make my heart go all astray
Does it show
all these feelings I betray

Darkened sky
at the end of the day
Time to go
but I just want you to stay

Tell me why
you make me feel this way
I don't know
how you hold me in your sway

Is there anything I can compare
to the softness of your hair
falling in tousles everywhere
upon your skin so fair

When in the evening's hush
your every simple touch
makes my pale cheeks flush
with the warm blood's rush

How can I resist
the sweetness of your kiss
Seeming solely to exist
to fulfill my every wish

Yet when I feel the way you breathe
I know it isn't only me
and the joy that I receive
is something hard to believe

Why does the river flow
Where does the water go
What makes the sunlight glow
Don’t you, don’t you,
don’t you want to know?

The magic colors in the sky above
call me to unravel its mystery
And in an expression of my love
discover the secrets of its history

The vastness of the valley below
The whispers in the wind that blows
The wonder in how a flower grows
Makes me, makes me,
makes me want to know

The more I learn the more I’m awed
and I cannot get enough
Catching glimpses of the mind of God
who dreamed the whole thing up