Part I · The High School Era (1992–1996)
A light shines bright from a distant pair of eyes.
Music flows forth from this radiant sunrise.
Song that lifts the soul, soothes the suffering cries,
I’ve spoken truly; I’ll conform to my lies…
I’ll be first to admit that I’m not innocent.
My word was like a contract written in sand.
But, oh, when I learned what that light meant,
I just couldn’t understand.
Now I sit in the rays of a different light.
In many ways it’s the same, but not quite.
I miss what I’ve lost, I should have won.
I never knew what I’d had until it was gone.
Composed 1993 · part of the Poems collection · authorship documented on the Provenance page.