I was not put here by anyone in fear   I came alone as me   Just an idea in a long chain of discovery   Surrounded by the same you      Sometimes your tide pulls me out to sea   And I die in a thrashing curse   Sometimes we are kind   More often, I doze   So far up the beach that those who try to reach are burnt   alive in the searing heat of the desert of my dispassion   So far removed, I never hear the water   'Cept once or twice a month when I see a mirror      And I refuse to believe in some of the things that are said to be here   Let alone those that are not   I'm trying to change my direction   Ours is pathetic in my own humble estimation      I love the planet   The great benign she-wolf   Benefactor   Spinning gently on towards the red giant four aeons hence   When all the rose gardens are consumed in the flash-fire of flying time   She'll leave alone to you      When you look at me   From your own century   I may seem to be   Strange archeology   But when the winds blow   From this direction   You may sense me there   In your reflection   I think I feel you   But I will never know   As the swallows leave   And the children grow      I wanted to live forever   The same is you will too   I wanted to live forever   And everybody knew      When I caught you there   In tomorrows mirror   I thought felt you   Jump out of my skin   Throwing oil into   My blazing memories   Filling empty footsteps   I was standing in      I wanted to live forever   The same as you will too   I wanted to live forever   And everybody knew      As the falling rain   Of the northern jungle   Hanging droplets on the leaves   Bombards my brain   I hear you   Across the room   A sea of daffodils spring into bloom   You are the mist   The frost across my window pane   And again      She moves her body   And her whispers weave   And the world spins   And tells me that I'll never want to leave      As I think of you   From this dark century   I will always be   With generosity   That we both may share   The hope in hearing   That we're not just   Spirits disappearing