The Cardinal and I

I saw a cardinal and wanted it to change my life

But it's just a bird

We share the lines of infinite direction

But chose cannon into wall

Fluorescent skies of palest skin

I survive by stealing time from pipedreams hidden deep behind my eyes

It's a curse that we share as we drone on

We are fruitless, drained of life

I know that if I had the cardinal's wing

A light would shine on everything and we'd be golden

The cardinal and I are the same and we're running out of days

Flightless, born into a dying tree

I always hitch my name to the wrong star

But I prefer stars once they've fallen

I should be spinning planets on my fingertips

He should be miles high

I could be God, He'd be my heart and we'd be rid of all of this

Unforgiving, hopelessly we drift

Dissolve like daylight