SLADE775
12/31/06, 05:02 PM
Painted Rust
When we dust off these shelves
And put up everything we once boxed up
And soak ourselves in memoirs - in assurance
When times were elegant
Like an undiscovered riverbed
Like a treasure we forgot we had
Like a moment of truth enabling us to……understand
I’ve given up more than I’ve retrieved
And these days I destroy more than I’m building
The things we can’t replace
The things that make us
Its painted rust
Kitchen noises
And vague distortion on AM radios
The planes above deliver echoes
For a flash of a second
We lose track of the present
And drift……
Soak ourselves in maybes and what-ifs
Painted rust – and we lose each other to
Stow a ways
Certain memories – a place
Where we crafted the foundation
Of generations yet to come
When times will be elegant again
Like a drive past where we used to live
Like a gift we never had the courage to give
Like a moment of clemency enabling us to……breathe
When we dust off these shelves
And put up everything we once boxed up
And soak ourselves in memoirs - in assurance
When times were elegant
Like an undiscovered riverbed
Like a treasure we forgot we had
Like a moment of truth enabling us to……understand
I’ve given up more than I’ve retrieved
And these days I destroy more than I’m building
The things we can’t replace
The things that make us
Its painted rust
Kitchen noises
And vague distortion on AM radios
The planes above deliver echoes
For a flash of a second
We lose track of the present
And drift……
Soak ourselves in maybes and what-ifs
Painted rust – and we lose each other to
Stow a ways
Certain memories – a place
Where we crafted the foundation
Of generations yet to come
When times will be elegant again
Like a drive past where we used to live
Like a gift we never had the courage to give
Like a moment of clemency enabling us to……breathe