Saying Something - Helena Deland

Cream colored ashes\nThe day passes\nWe say goodbye once again\nKnowing sure collapses\nAnd knowing that flashes\nI forget and learn again\nI know you are trying to be a friend\nI know you are trying to be a friend\nI hear you\nKnowing what to say isn’t easy\nWords feel like treacherous footing\nSlippery rocks\nBut believe me\nSaying anything might be crucial\nStepping stones still hold together intervals\nTime acquired language\nIt translated quiet things\nAfter the fact\nInto something louder\nNotes in the calendar\nNow appear some sacred map\nTo time itself and what was planned ahead\nTo time, what I could have said\nMaria, I might never know what I’d tell you\nIs it that questions mean more than their answers could?\nLet me tell you\nThe beach isn’t empty tonight\nThe living are shooting the breeze in the moonlight\nSaying something isn’t easy\nSay something to me\nSaying something isn’t easy\nSay something to me