Dolphin Bell

Distance is measured in years that passed Since we made last contact But now, a deep silence hangs No sounds or signals are coming back It's lost A chance A call to seek redemption But now, without their gaze It feels more like revenge No worries of agony Until my time comes to be When they can see though my soul And rewatch my ill-hewn life unfold Drifting through It's a long, long wait Waiting for them to hear what I have to say But time is mine Its pressure crushing down Against the brutal, pervasive beauty that surrounds I'll try to last But there's no storm to sleep through To make the silence pass If there is Another way out The thoughts, they come in waves They never do, but I learned People can change Like sand between my fingers, That distant rumbling I think I heard my name Again And though I don't know what lies above I learned that life is good In the sun