here lies the heart for circus tents
stripes & poles & elephants
building up--tearing down
riding trains from town to town
i slept in garrets castle walls
wrote by candles thru wars & falls
corseted lace & leather vests
secluded, deluded by nature's scent
i had the legs to scale great heights
breathe the air of starry nights
spread these arms to vistas high
feel comet's rush--touch the sky
i toiled in fields on soldier's thick
patching, repairing--holding the sick
ancient wisdom in hands small
what lies in men i knew it all
i had the soul to change the world
to step off edges wings unfurled
fearless & flying & comet bound
to leave the earth more green, more round
instead
...my life lies ordinary
tucked & tended--hardly legendary
yet each moment holds opal-chasms-delight
each breath cradles day's twilight
we strive to leave a mark--a talisman
our solitary time here passing
each thread, each hand, each song is spun
to connect us all to the path of the Sun
i had the heart for circus tents
stripes & poles & elephants
building up--tearing down
riding trains from town to town
i slept in garrets castle walls
wrote by candles thru wars & falls
corseted lace & leather vests
secluded, deluded by nature's scent
i had the legs to scale great heights
breathe the air of starry nights
spread these arms to vistas high
feel comet's rush--touch the sky
i toiled in fields on soldier's thick
patching, repairing--holding the sick
ancient wisdom in hands small
what lies in men i knew it all
i had the soul to change the world
to step off edges wings unfurled
fearless & flying & comet bound
to leave the earth more green, more round
instead
...my life lies ordinary
tucked & tended--hardly legendary
yet each moment holds opal-chasms-delight
each breath cradles day's twilight
we strive to leave a mark--a talisman
our solitary time here passing
each thread, each hand, each song is spun
to connect us all to the path of the Sun
i had the heart for circus tents
