April Fools

I been yearning for a walk-about;

Ready for a change – time to move along,

Pick it up and put it down, head out

For the stars; Big Long Gone.

I been traveling for a billion years

Riding a hard old rock. It was such a long,

Long trip, but I can tell that now I’m here

That it’s time to head back home.

Gonna leave here someday -

Go it alone.

Maybe live in the wilderness

Where the water falls.

Maybe be the first one on Mars;

The last one alone.

Gonna leave here someday –

Go back home.

I know it won’t be easy now that

I blew through this world so fast.

Burned through the sky like

A meteorite; hit it hard; my life

Spread out across the pasture;

Setting the grass on fire. The light

Is such a curious thing. But sure,

I tried to keep it all together, son,

Every single day, but

I think I may have spilled some

Happiness along my murky way.

But still I feel that’s okay,

It’s all right.

All right.

Gonna leave here someday -

Go it alone.

Maybe live in the wilderness

Where the water falls.

Maybe be the first one on Mars;

The last one alone.

Gonna leave here someday –

Go back home.

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April 1, 2015