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lyrics

when i close my eyes i see
you appear in front of me
i hold your image until when
—as soon as they open—
the world comes flooding in

still atop my eyelids float
projections of your hoverin’ ghost
chalks your outline where you could be
& that is good enough for me

when i turn my head i see
a flash, a blur, an almost-dream
a more present absent i ne’er did feel
’til your shape from memory i steal
& you are almost real

your warmth, your wit, your gentle glow
kindness you never cease to show
all but your actuality
& that is good enough for me

shadows dance as cars they come and go
painting your portrait in the snow
so what if your face a little long
& they got your nose a little wrong

i’ll pass the time with scheming ways
to distract, wrestle, slow the sempiternal night
falling in between us

but never will i understand my tears
and when, and for whom, they choose to flow

i see you in the icy mile
of wintry sheets the cold’s compiled
when they part i see you start
when they thin i see you
in the water’s ripplin’

when the sunken sun westward flies
stippling yet another reddening sky
i’ll see you in the blinking lights
enough to sustain my desires

if you’re never to arrive
or if we never are to be
casting shadows in the snow
i’ll not cry as blessed i’m still
to know the light that you have shown
though there’s always a nightfall
in between us

i won’t pretend like i
can offer you a better plan

& it is good enough for me
if you’re to stay across the sea
warm & dry & somewhere far
& i can’t hurt you where you are

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from star, star, released November 17, 2023

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