Parallels

Step outside, walk down the road
Feel the noise locked up in the quiet ones
Remember the parallels that run among everyone
Not for too long I join in a choir, for a verse
Then I reverse, step back into a sheltered place
Breathing my own breath
Though it’s stale like the stuck fog around my eyes
A grounded ship bleeds to death
Find some sleep in its bow
When the tide is low I feel like I should run to meet th water
Though I long for I will never call at a port
And my rports ain’t true enough
All the words I hear pressed into an overall language
T hat I speak to you
All that I knew separates from you, separates from me, too
Empty and nude all angles turn into one blank view