Shiva

Saw a bird beside the road The afternoon light shining gold Upon its tattered wings and broken body Those things always get to me All nature's little casualties I wish they could have more time than they got here I hate all my brother's friends Cause they're not very nice to him But maybe I'm just being too protective Home looks different recently The leaves all falling off the trees It seems that I have strayed from my objective All the kids are drinking now I thought that they were all still down in junior high school It seems that as I'm getting older they are getting younger still Always has and always will You met me on my sharp pursuit In that first week I cried to you You were the kind and patient one and only But summer came and you were gone Got no texts from your stolen phone You said that you'd reach out you left me lonely People come and go so fast I start to think that nothing lasts Who's next in my revolving door Just tell me when it's over Whirlwind in Chicago sent me back to where I left Schuylkill you're no Michigan but I'll take what I can get Nana's never on her porch I guess her legs don't really work the way they used to I think that I forgot that as I grow up she is aging too Life goes on like it's meant to do Sitting shiva for it all All the ways I've learned to fall Sitting shiva for it all All the ways I've learned to fall