not so far away

(in light of the movie "the shawshank redemption," last nights star gazing, dropping rachael off at towson today, and me being in portland OR in a few hours... heres some poetry)



we'll make the most of any prison
inside walls there's room to grow
but when the time comes to step outside
we will surely have to go, say yes, not no

and no matter how much you refuse
to let surrounds change you, they do
surrounded by thieves, you learn how to take
surrounded by hypocrites you learn how to fake

the walls that we have shaped sure do give comfort in my heart
seeing you each day has made us who we are
and i think looking up at stars, well it's amazing we can see them
when they're light years away and nothing we do will change them
from existing for the moments we look up
without us they're just aimless in the dark
but looking up has made us who we are
and we are here and we are here.

you'd have to circle the world over like yarn wrapped on a yo-yo
to come close to half the distance of this spark of bright existence
so when you think of 3,000 miles, or inches away, it's quite the same
or at least that's what a star would say, if it were looking back at us.

so please be where you are.
i'm alive in your heart
we're looking at the same stars
nights still get dark
we're who we are

when faced with the choice it's easy to want to lock ourselves back
in last summer rocking our lives like thunder
wrapped under a blanket shielding our eyes from the time that has come
for us to become
one with the moment
when the moment puts a lump in our throats
because the moment keeps jumping and we'll take it wherever it goes
unsheltered and alone but with the strongest hope
we'll be united again
and that's love for a friend.
we did pretty well back then
the prison door is open
but i've found so much in the confines of my previous mind
it's time
to step onward
and meet you in the future when where we are is together
but for now be where you are, there's nothing better
yeah and i'm sure the stars would say, you're not so far away.