I see everything that has come before me
Collapsing on itself in a fog of history
Like Nirvana Nevermind on my niece’s shirt
It’s all decontextualized and remade each morning
On inconsistent ground
I have my footing, and then I fly off again
I float in warm irrelevance
Understanding nothing of what came before
Adrift in the right now
But I hear you walking
I hear people speaking
The frost on the leaves is melting
The sun that shined on the ancients is back up
And binds me for all time
To all of everything
Other lyrics by Mount Eerie:
& Sun
I see everything that has come before me Collapsing on itself in a fog of history Like Nirvana Nevermind on my niece’s shirt It’s all decontextualized and …
(soft air)
I slept another few years I saw the soft air come down (I saw the soft air come down) And blow into my lungs like Whoo
Blurred World
Because the turning of planets won’t stop My eyes have gone blurrier I’m getting older still Prescription worsening And there are shapes in the sundown …
Breaths
In a snow fall I stop my working for a second In the little space between my breaths I heard a small sound down beneath the blood rushing Crouched, buried away In the …
Broom of Wind
Sweeping with an old broom Whose straw keeps chunking off For me to sweep up When my life is worn to a nub I too will be swept up Eventually By the same thing I once came …