Days

I can see the lights of this place

Out across the water

Silently they pass on the tide

The watchers keep me awake

Do not look your days in the eye

I can feel the freezing on my skin

And these thoughts are something lost

On the oceans of memory

Awash with pictures that flash and fade

Do not look your days in the eye

Do not look your days in the eye

They will only look deeper into you

Do not look your days in the eye

And now I’m falling, I’m falling overboard

Silently they pass on the tide

And I’m slipping through these dreams

On a clear night you can hear the ships bells toll

And the anchor begins to drag

Forgotten Charts and the smell of the ropes

Growing colder beneath the waves

Beneath the waves

On a clear day, you can hear them

Do not look your days in the eye

They will only look deeper

Into you

Words by Mark from “Cactus Farming At The Ends Of The Earth” first published by Miracle Grow 2001.