General Sherman - Invalids

Held collective hope that after all it won’t come true

By the time we get to you

You’ll be tired of what we do

(still there for hour by hour)

I waited up

Why can’t we send

My ghost instead

All we used to wish to be

Forms that covered the sky black

The nimbostratus and downpour

Lately it seems like sometimes I forget to breathe

And I don’t mean poetically

As if I can’t keep my own speed

It’s like at least subconsciously

I take in air and then release

But don’t repeat

Like I had gotten all I need

Just under halfway there

Pause just for a second

The rain keeps getting in

Can’t see our back window

Go on

Fall asleep

Cold, your forehead

Against the glass

I don’t bother anymore

With things I used to do

Honest, I won’t bother you

The instance (the relay)

Its position in space

Up ahead the streets were dead

The lantern lit a glow from above your bed

And we both noticed if you stare for long enough

The patterns start to seem like they’re no longer there

Hoped you wouldn’t mind

The only number I could try

When there was only silence on the other side

What did it sound like?