September

With a deep breath I take in the sweet September sky With a sadness in my heart that does not match my face In the air there floats a scent that seems to transcend time And cradles me in pleasant thoughts of younger days

The bittersweet that was the smile on my mother's face As I turned to board the bus on my first day of school Or the warm soft skin of the first girl I loved Itched by blades of grass as we made love and clung to

Hope So full of hope Never knowing hope Where life would lead us Hope our time was infinite

Caught in a daydream though it's evening now I sit beside the one true friend I idolize He smiles at me a quickly rolls his window down To smell the cool breeze as it wets his eyes He nods at me in agreement with reflective pause His eyes trained on the road as the fields race by He lends a word that bears the warmth of home We recall together being young with such high

Hope So full of hope Never knowing hope Where life would lead us Hope our time was infinite Hope So full of hope Never knowing hope Where life would lead us Hope our time was infinite

Our dreams flew into the sun On wings made of wax faster than bullets from a gun If ignorance is bliss truly Then why is it something I try desperately not to be And how many precious hours will I spend Wishing my life away right until the very end Foolishly dreaming of how it might have been Forgetting I'm living right now so I might live the past again

Another evening comes and goes With Art Blakey on the stereo I search the starry sky as if to find a clue Funny, all I find is you