SKY AND LIGHT by Tom Jensen
I scared myself today
When I saw the world
In a whole new way
Every mind’s a piece
of unmolded clay
And mine’s become trapped
inside a maze of words
That I cannot explain
or write nor say
We all live beneath the same sky
Yet we don’t all see the same light
Some see nothing
but the summers sun
While others look up
at a winters night
While waiting for the other shoe
to drop unto the floor
I've given up trying to make sense
of anything any more
For this stale air has
finally gotten the better of me
Had to take a walk outside
to try to change my scenery
Everything I have known has
decided to play tricks on me
My past is my shadow
that no longer stands beside me
Long ago we parted
and went our separate ways
Long before this whole mess started
Before this city was set ablaze
I scared myself today
When I saw the whole world
In a whole new way
Every minds a piece
of unmolded clay
And mines become trapped
inside a maze of words
That I cannot explain
or write nor say
We all live beneath the same sky
Yet we don’t all see the same light
Some see nothing
but the summers sun
While others look up
at a winters night
Yes, I had to take a walk outside
and change my scenery
And hopefully bleed
some new blood into me
Escape from my surroundings
and all of this abject poverty
Provide my eyes a change
and find something new to see
I scared myself today
When I saw the whole world
In a whole new way
I scared myself today
Became trapped inside
a maze of words
That I could not explain
nor write or say