Heart of Steel

Several Skies (3/3/24)

On mornings like these

I sigh and open my window

Let new light in

Now I'm listening

I wander these streets

The daylight warms what I have left

I walk on

This place is nothing

Without you

These hills I wander

Wondering when you'll pass by

Wave hello or disregard me

Only me

Only you

I wonder many things

Are you listening?

A father and a son

They were one

Each stride gingerly in the street

Silver wheels and two hearts

I smiled as they passed

Stride by stride

With pride, his father smiled

Smiled at me

Smiled at him

Smiled at the sky

As it shone down on them

I haven't heard from Heaven in a while

But on days like these I feel so close

A piece of it is in what I seek

What I've seen

What I will become

Every time I see these midday skies

The clouds and blemishes before me

The evening closes in

And I think of you

I wish I could stop

I wander these streets

Like you used to

Letting new light in

As more is shed onto me

I've been listening

I think about you

The days close in on me

Two hearts and several strides

I wonder many things

I think about you

And who you used to be.