River to Consider

Thrown together like a collection of quotes

When the work consisted entirely of jokes

While we wade through the questions

For which we got answers prepared

We build a ladder because we think

It's too safe to take the stairs

It feels familiar

And it comes naturally

Nothing peculiar

No sense of tragedy

There is no wisdom

Unkept by vanity

We'll find acknowledgment

At the end of our sanity

There is no use for you or I

But two must lead

When will we know when the time is right to concede?

What will we risk if we sit around in disbelief?

There is no use for you or I

But two must lead

There is no use for you or I

But two must lead

Pawned off like an appliance without a practical meaning

Where do we fit preoccupied with being?

An illustration of ourselves

Growing up from the ground

I'm finding reasons all the time for you to stay mine

Instead of right-in-front-of-left and left-in-front-of-right

Our definitions will outlast what they define

What will it take, if it won't take your time?

Our definitions will outlast what they define

What will it take, if it won't take your time?

Long dogs piling secret gestures on the pavement feeling

Our reeling ferocity as it unfurls in crooked fingers every day

Growing up from the ground

Unnatural like electric light bulbs

We are a river to consider