Blue Skies

(Michael Timmins)

We were cast into the current
as were the last words that he wrote
you only get to keep the things
that you refuse to let go

you can cross every sea
searching for a new sky
but then just there you’ll be

we were cast into the current
were the only words she said
and then she sends me off for straws
as she settles in her bed

you can burn all your daylight
searching for a new sky
but then just there you’ll be

we are cast into the current
and it a heartache that I grabbed
a memory wound with fear and grief
and I stuff it in my bag

we can spend all our nights
searching for a blue sky
but then just there we’ll be