In Case It Gets Lost - Sioux Falls

I guess i’ll live another way

It’s so romantic when our lungs disintegrate

An astronaut floating in

The shadows of the severed limbs

Of everyone that’s ever been

And graduated man you made it

Bleeding out space debris

Stillborn loves breathe heavenly

And in and out again

And in and out again

I thought you dropped

Your ceiling stopped

Breathing hot mess on your tongue

Heaving cold gusts through your lungs

A loose tarp flapping against your head

It sounds like winter back in 1998

Your mom will stay in bed

For hours her eyes are emptier

Than anything you’ve ever seen

You swear this is a movie

Your life’s some stupid tv show

On nick at nite your sister used

To stay up late and watch with you

You saw her face in the tv

Past dog hairs stuck

By static electricity

And mix cd’s with modest mouse

The first time at your best friend’s house

The stereo made sense to you

And bedroom’s seemed to come unglued

From houses anchored to the ground

You’re falling skyward not a sound

It is ok to be alone

It is ok to stay at home

There is no need to hate yourself

For the failing parts that make you real

I know that you will live to do

Another thing that makes you smile

I know you’ll see the northern lights

And cry and say it’s been worthwhile

To stay up long enough to see the sun return to us

For years until it floats away

A balloon on some lost saturday