Lost Wisdom

i got close enough to the river that i couldn't hear the trucks

but not close enough to stop the roaring of my mind

these rocks don't care if i live or die

everyone i know will finally turn away

i will confuse and disinterest all posterity

lost wisdom

is a quiet echo

lost wisdom

by the edge of the stream at dusk

is a quiet echo on loud wind



with one hand in the water running cold and clear

fog obliterates the morning and i don't know where i am

the heart is pounding and you are always on my mind

lost wisdom

is a quiet echo

lost wisdom

a boulder under the house

i used to know you

now i don't



the screaming wind said my name

i think significant and dark

my lost face in the mirror at the gas station

who are you but my face that i wake up with alone

lost wisdom

approaching shape in the low light



you thought you knew me

you thought our house was home

i thought i knew myself

i thought my heart was calm

thunder lightning

tidal wave

the wind blew down the door

lost wisdom

the river goes through the room



i saw your picture out of nowhere

and forgot what i was doing

everything vanished in your eclipse

a constellation of moments comes to life in the void

lost wisdom

face down under the moss

enraptured by the beautiful face in the billowing flames

i open the front and back door and let the wind blow through

and i stood in the house and tried to hold the breeze

lost wisdom

waking up in a pile of ash

secret knowledge

comes to me in the dusk

showed me the river

i saw me