Now and Forever

Somewhere a band is playing,

Playing the strangest tunes,

Of sunflower seeds and sailors

Somewhere a drummer simmers

And trembles with times forlorn,

Remembering days of summer

In futures yet unborn.

of a place. I felt a sense of freedom there and I made many wonderful friends.

There’s nothing more exciting than to be part of the evolution

In his half-sleep last night he had felt something writing on the insides of his eyelids.

Without opening his eyes he read the words

There’s nothing more exciting than to be part of the evolution of a place

There was no sound save the drip of the ice pan under the icebox in the moonlit kitchen.

half-raised his

Remember old futures and teach.