Wheels rolling on
Carries all your worries and your fears 
It sounds like the sky is rumbling 
We laughed and noticed why, laughed and noticed

Thunder and rain scares you 
To be on your own doesn't 
Seated with me 
I'd stay with you dear

Be on your own way 
Sorry I couldn't say 
I wished the best in everything you do 
Until the sun decides to be consumed
Be on your own way 
Sorry I had to wait 
But you were hurting and I felt it best 
To leave you on your own so you could rest 

I guess for centuries
I've never felt so close to being home
But I'm lost in outer space
Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy, when you're with me

No cosmonaut stays here
Even the moon wanes too
Seated with you 
I would have stayed here

Be on your own way 
Sorry I couldn't say 
I wished the best in everything you do 
Until the sun decides to be consumed
Be on your own way 
Sorry I had to wait 
But you were hurting and I felt it best 
To leave you on your own so you could rest

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When The Sun Decides To Be Consumed

Dot Matrix Printer 

Oh the sound of dot matrix printers
Bothers me i'll be here forever
Sorting files on my own
Electricity bills 
No thrill whatsoever

Oh the amount of courtroom notes written
Like it was a doctor who wrote them
Proudly juxtaposed us 
With the basketball kids who begged for support

And now that I remember 
All your vigor and urgency 
And your definite gesture
To prove there is a life that's worth living

Lawyers drowned but you were still swimming
'Gainst the tide of pretend assemblies
With the strength of all days
Carried orphans to shore and showed them the way now

And now that I remember 
All your vigor and urgency 
And your definite gesture
To prove there is a fight that's worth winning

Unannounced they rolled you in to see
This is how the end looks from up here
Panoramic display 
From the time that you met her
'Til her surrender

Oh the sound of dot matrix printers
Take me there i'll find you there laughing

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Dot Matrix Printer

Empty Silhouettes

Back at home, everybody knows you
Traffic lights hide you now in darkness
Stop and go, when will this be over
Get some help, should you even bother
Back at home, everybody has the time to hear

When you feel like you're a tired guest
In a house with no else to blame
Empty rooms and empty silhouettes
I guess you'll find your way

Sweep the thoughts under dining tables
They remain, at least they are forgotten
Friends remain, at least they're going through the same old thing

Empty portraits hung with memories
Eventually you'll leave
Foreign houses none to call home
Fills you to the bone, alone

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Empty Silhouettes

Least Concerns

Don't want to be caught in the crossfire
Guess I'll sing behind the saints of the choir
Don't want to break your heart into pieces
It's a hassle but we sure can talk it over

And when the hour hand turns
Do you curl up in your sleep
When you decipher these words
Will you ever think that things were meant to be
I need some sleep but you draw me in

But when you're finally gone
You're finally gone away
Would I have said the right words, said the right words?
Its the least of your concerns
But it'd be great if we both returned each others' least concerns

Don't want to take trains during rush hour
Guess I'll wait it out like rain in September
But I am intrigued. I haven't recovered
Let me know the reason why you like that color

Don't want to bring government papers
Make me sign right here and there and almost everywhere
A queue to your heart would be more rewarding
If you promise that we'll have a conversation

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Least Concerns

When the Sun Decides to Be Consumed

Wheels rolling on
Carries all your worries and your fears 
It sounds like the sky is rumbling 
We laughed and noticed why, laughed and noticed

Thunder and rain scares you 
To be on your own doesn't 
Seated with me 
I'd stay with you dear

Be on your own way 
Sorry I couldn't say 
I wished the best in everything you do 
Until the sun decides to be consumed
Be on your own way 
Sorry I had to wait 
But you were hurting and I felt it best 
To leave you on your own so you could rest

I guess for centuries
I've never felt so close to being home
But I'm lost in outer space
Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy, when you're with me

No cosmonaut stays here
Even the moon wanes too
Seated with you 
I would have stayed here

Be on your own way 
Sorry I couldn't say 
I wished the best in everything you do 
Until the sun decides to be consumed
Be on your own way 
Sorry I had to wait 
But you were hurting and I felt it best 
To leave you on your own so you could rest

© Kerith De Ocampo 2018. All rights reserved.

The Best Estate

Feels home to me
This subtle belief
Boxes strewn across the room
Of words, of some I'll never use

But I wont second-guess
I just can't be obsessed
It's hard but time may take us far
Your honesty confirms it dear
What if time leads us apart?
Your heart is still the best estate

Oooh I can't wait until the sunrise
Oooh when the blinds begin to draw signs
In shadows
Of yes, no, maybe
I hope so

Lack of clarity
And this color scheme
Paint it into something new
Like walls you never knew endured
With you I hope there'd be no walls
It's okay not to feel so whole

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The Best Estate

Widest Halls and Finest Gold

Bluest skies
Taking flight 
You never would have known it to be
The day when everyone fell asleep 

Said the man
In foreign tongues
They need no help but you just could not 
Let go of them, the ground was golden red

And it goes on and on 
It goes on and on with you

Widest halls
Finest gold
The face she wears is neon blue
She suffocates you with untruth

And it goes on and on 
What do these dreams intend to do?

Wake up now 
You fell down below 
But you're better now
Wake up now
Don't you mind, you'll find
That you're already found

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Widest Halls And Finest Gold

East Coast Bike Ride

Quiet benches
They complement the hours I contemplate
Freeform concerts
Down in the library a melody now is heard

What is it I want?
I could never find
What is it I need?
Never found you here
And you're all I see

In the banks by the bay
I've been staying
Through the parks in the dark
To your heart
To your arms
There is no place to be in 
But obviously where you are going

Evening chanting
Oh the familiar scent of all the incense in here
Chinese talking
Dreamt in a bus they were speaking the same as me

Newest faces
Oh will I trace back the path that I took that day
East coast bike ride
The time did come as I basked in the rain and light

And if I never came home
To meet you
Would you still feel
Familiar relief
I believe
That theres no point denying
I'm obviously where you are going

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East Coast Bike Ride

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