long time.

it's been a long time
since i've put my pen down to paper
and let the thoughts fill up the
glass, like water and sand
it sludges slowly,
my mind.


it's been a long time
since i've felt happy or felt
less lonely, because all that's
left to talk to is the dry
tunnel in the sky.


oh
and it's been a long time
since i've had faith
that i could hold,
like
a penny found
on the ground,
luck curled around it
like a sleeping snake.


its been a long time around.