living the hour over (fearless)

living the hour over (fearless)

the arrogance of humans

marking off time

seconds minutes hours days weeks years

as if we are in control

then twice a year

we shift our own system

to serve us more light

springing forward and then falling back

simply to spring and fall again. . .

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what would you allow me

in this lived-over hour

i cannot ask for the world

but i am a man dreaming of second chances. . .

we wait until 2 am

and turn the world back to 1

1 the number of starting

the number of starting over

we slip beneath the covers

spoons beneath an unknowing moon

and i wonder if you can feel me come alive

again against the curve of you

so tell me something fearless

while we lie here together

i'm afraid

i don’t know

how a fretless voice sounds