Walk Away

Oh no- here comes that sun again.
Means another day without you my friend.
And it hurts me to look into the mirror at myself.
And it hurts even more to have to be with somebody else.

And it’s so hard to do and so easy to say.
But sometimes… sometimes,
you just have to walk away.

With so many people to love in my life,
Why do I worry about one?
But you put the happy- in my -ness
And you put the good times into my fun.

And it’s so hard to do and so easy to say.
But sometimes… sometimes,
you just have to walk away.

We’ve tried the “goodbye” so many days.
We walk in the same direction so that we could never stray.
They say if you love somebody than you have got to set them free,
But I would rather be locked to you than live in this pain and misery.

They say time will make all this go away,
but it’s time that has taken my tomorrows
And turned them into yesterdays.
And once again that rising sun is droppin’ on down
And once again, you my friend, are nowhere to be found.

And it’s so hard to do and so easy to say.
But sometimes, sometimes you just have to walk away.

-Ben Harper

invitation

there is glass in the sea,
blue of your memory.
there by the dunes
our minds gather- what
never was will be.

the logic of defeat

dropping off is nothing new to me.
i silently slip from the air to a
sea of forgetfullness and am gone,
no vacancy. where my footsteps
trod the grass of your heart
i hope the sunlight warms a
tender bruise. i am sorry.