A Like in the Darkness

I set myself targets but I don't always make them

I go for the records but I don't always break them

And somehwere in the grizzly fog an object looms up for comment

So I grasp it and tie it up and bring it home for you

And if you wanted any thoughts on what that meant

As useful as a pretty meme

A sunset scene that someone sent you

But you can give me...

... A Like.

Gathering trinkets from the abundant supply

Hunting the stories and the tunes to make them fly

And in the artifical light I glue components together

Stir it up and mix it down and freeze that moment forever

And if I wanted I could justify the time

And argue "It's Constructive!"

Sometimes I almost believe it

But I'll take nothing away

So much "important" in my hands

A Curator of observations

No-one to tell me where to look

I've got no guiding light

Nothing I do requested

Nothing I do arranged

Nothing I do important

Nothing I do will change

And I'll take nothing away

There's so much going on

There's not much I can say

We've got people hiding from warlords

People running from floods

They're cowering in cellars or on rooftops

Paying the prices in blood

And all I'm offering is this little riff.... this tiney tune

Tiny as the flickering light

From thisroom to the coming night

I wonder...

"Will it ever be seen at all?"