across the universe (for julie o)

[wytchcroft]

so comes the clock so comes our time
could be a dream at the crossroads
that familiar sign
for this is the place
where the days meet the radio waves

remember
all those songs
we used to sing...
we should have been
kissing in the shadow of the moon
but it slipped away

oh i could tell you about the old, old streets
tall tales for long roads and London town
the hazing of everything
but when you look too long
the picture simply disappears
like the moon as it's swallowed by the sun

and all that remains
when the sands have run
is kicking over the traces
looking under the stones

better set up a transmitter
a call back to the mother land
a name that's fading on my calender
electricity's miracle
like insect wings
it's humming

like the songs we used to sing

like butterflies escaping
the net of gravity
planet to planet
and out toward the stars

a ghost on all the radars
an alien shrieking
a homeward journey
shrieking into joy.

.........................
this is the last of the three linked fragments
just letting my hair down while i'm working on a story (they take a long time!)
hope it was worth the read...

Comments

[reginaclarejane.livejournal.com]

Aw, this is lovely, Nic- kind of romantic, dare I say...:)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

hey, thanks! :))

just riffing on the usual really but...
romantic? again?!? LOL!
ok, well... *looks shifty*
uh, yeah, i guess, koff! it might be that way, koff!, a little bit, maybe...

:)))

[reginaclarejane.livejournal.com]

ha ha- you're not telling, i can see that...;)
and you're smoking way too much there, my friend- a lot of "koffing" going on... ;)

(it's brill, really...)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

ha ha - koff! - ha!
koff! hack - splutter etc!

:)))

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Lovely. And there's something about it that somewhat reminds of Pink Floyd's lyrics in a way... One of my all-time favorite bands. :-)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

i really like Obscured by Clouds, play it a lot at home. :))

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

That is an album I don't have actually. Oh, must dig that one up.

[med_cat]

It was certainly worth the read ;)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

that's very kind of you, thanks :)))

[med_cat]

You're welcome and it's true ;) Now I have to go read the first two fragments, since you mentioned this is the third of three :)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

oh yes, 'days'... well, they are only linked in a rough sort of way.

i'm not sure of the quality - but what comes up is what comes up - and they came up! LOL! :))

[vivid-corners.livejournal.com]

I liked this, eerie and comforting...

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

thank you, that's the nicest possible comment, i'm very glad it had that effect :)))