Equinox
The sun slipped through
A gray cloud
And illuminated the scene
The town hummed
In sudden thrall
As if stirred from winter’s dream
The sidewalk seized
By children spilling
Recklessly into the street
You stood beside
The blue mailbox
Where we’d agreed to meet
Equinox, equinox
Has returned to life
Everything you forgot
Equinox, equinox
All your old hopes
You stored away in a box
Equinox, equinox
Provides the strength to lift
Those ideals you long ago dropped
The April sky
Seems pastel painted
Onto the lenses before your eyes
We talked about the government, the Internet
And you wondered when I’d ever
Realize
You said, ‘the only hope is the
Present moment, cyclical and
Interpersonal.’
We never related
About interfacing
And my depression was
Non-negotiable
Chorus
On the aching boulevard
It made too much sense
To tell each other
Goodbye
Not sure what you wanted by meeting
We didn’t click, I never thought
You needed to apologize
But before we parted
You offered an embrace
And your arms were still
So thick and strong
That lingering sense
Of an unfinished sentence
Dissolved upon your whisper,
“Cheer up Julia, the weather’s getting warm.”
Chorus.
