Couldn't catch a drop of sunshine
all winter long
I salute the springtime with this
idiopathic song
but there's a terminal atavism
wrecking the plans that I made
and for the fear of a cataclysm
I think I'm stuck in the shade

Chorus:

I'm still searching for the eye
where in the storm I find my why
the rhythm slows enough to mourn
and fate is overcome by scorn
I'm still hiding from the weather
because we can't face this together
a little shelter would suffice
I've stepped in this river more than twice

Couldn't catch a tailwind, so I'm
leaning into the oar
looking for a stranger people
on a farther shore
but at the hand of the great Poseidon
whose anger shakes the earth
I'm now the king of a pile of driftwood
how can I measure my worth?

(Repeat chorus)

(instrumental)

I'm still listening for the song
the harmony to right my wrongs
revising one more perfect rhyme
a clever turn that fits in time
I'm still standing at a distance
my longing's met with great resistance
a little comfort would be nice
I've wept this river more than twice

Apologies to Heraclitus

Unrequited Perseverance

My warmest greetings, colleague
hope this message finds you well
I've checked every line,
here's what I think of your CL
It's hard to see the impact
when they're threatening life on Earth
but here's my +2 for what it's worth

[Chorus]
I'll circle back to you
when the fire's not so bright
let's close the loop on this one
after another sleepless night
What an honor to know you
though the circumstance is sad
this is the best apocalypse I've ever had

I've been here for two long years
with my people safe at home
I've got a dozen terminals
and a hundred tabs in Chrome
while I was working on this doc
a thousand people died
so I guess my brain's a little fried

"We're at the end of the end of the rope"
it's what the people say 
let's check the playbook, says to
declare a new no-meeting day
Living through the twenties
will leave lasting psychic scars
but don't forget those OKRs

Advancing Our Amazing Bet on Hope

Gargoyle #7

Waking up on a working day, gotta think of a new way to say
my mind is fixing to snap.
My body's heavy and loud, my thoughts are the roar of a crowd
I'm lost and I don't have a map.
But I know that I've gotten stronger
and I think that I have the skill.
I believe I can hold on longer,
thriving, breaking, mentally ill.

[Chorus]
I wish that I could tell you
when the sky runs out of hail
my prayers have gone unanswered
the future's far beyond my scale
I'll be smiling in the dark
feeling my way to leave this cell
patient, lone, and bold
unwell

Walking on a familiar path
in the shade of a big cloud of wrath
a rush in a listless expanse
Tripping as I remember the stones
and the words that have broken my bones
a slow and a painful advance
But I know that I've gotten stronger
and I think that I have the skill.
I believe I can hold on longer,
thriving, breaking, mentally ill.

[Chorus]
I wish that I could tell you
when the sky runs out of hail
my prayers have gone unanswered
the future's far beyond my scale
I'll be smiling in the dark
feeling my way to leave this cell
patient, lone, and bold
unwell

I wish that I could tell you
when the night runs out of black
The news has been alarming
another outrage on the track
I'll be thumbing through the headlines
here in the waiting room from hell
patient, lone, and bold
unwell

Jess

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