Road Signs & Wonders

No one knows why we dream

Why sunlight

Cuts like a knife

When we stand

Around

& talk about God/

Life/

The meaning

Of death

We are like fish

Or insects

Talking about us

The grass is always greener

On the other side,

They say

This is the way

We think

& when we die

It dies

Becoming the water

That is all around

Us

The path is wide

& the truth

Is narrowly unfair

& seemingly

Inconceivable

Possessed with mostly guesses

Answers that beg

For something more

Something

To know

Hold

& feel

Ignoring the obvious

Intoxicated

By the distances

The mind

Travels

The miles unconsciously

Measured

While staying

Awake

Reaching out

To where

The light fades

The darkness falls

Dotted with

Things

We've named

& forgotten

The weight

Of the universe

Dripping with rain

The grace

Of familiarity

Making the road slippery

When wet