Things You Imagine Being
JORDAN CHARLTON
1.
Thoughts flying across the room
synchronized in the silence of night,
never out of rhythm.
2.
When you are young, but also older
than your friends, you can laugh
at jokes that scare you.
3.
The truth is either the stars have vanished,
or maybe one day
we quit searching for them.
4.
The feeling is alluring.
You'll crawl on your knees and fingertips
never asking why.
5.
When lacking direction, do you know
where to turn?
If to turn? How?
6.
In your mind, it is night.
Both currently, and
eternally.
7.
These days never end.
These days never end.
These days never end.
8.
"I only come around when you
Invite me in; let me stay.
I like it here."
9.
There's blue burning wild
in my mind like a hippo
in a hurricane.
10.
Across the room,
my thoughts fly.
I lay restlessly and watch.
JORDAN CHARLTON
1.
Thoughts flying across the room
synchronized in the silence of night,
never out of rhythm.
2.
When you are young, but also older
than your friends, you can laugh
at jokes that scare you.
3.
The truth is either the stars have vanished,
or maybe one day
we quit searching for them.
4.
The feeling is alluring.
You'll crawl on your knees and fingertips
never asking why.
5.
When lacking direction, do you know
where to turn?
If to turn? How?
6.
In your mind, it is night.
Both currently, and
eternally.
7.
These days never end.
These days never end.
These days never end.
8.
"I only come around when you
Invite me in; let me stay.
I like it here."
9.
There's blue burning wild
in my mind like a hippo
in a hurricane.
10.
Across the room,
my thoughts fly.
I lay restlessly and watch.