These long lonely days

Waiting in a gloomy haze

Let me wipe your eyes

Creaky tired joints

Sink into hard concrete floors

On the run again

This giant planet

Just a drop in the ocean

Silence, hold your peace

Delicate blossom

Falls from Jacaranda trees

Like purple rain drops

In a sheltered cove

Sea lions soak up the sun

Basking blubber sponge

Cerulean skies

Bleeding into the ocean

Another day dies

We flutter and flap

Around flames that burn our wings

Into the darkness