Seeing in the Dark

A bird is singing all night
He thinks it’s still the daylight
Opened my mouth      and out it came
a litany of blame
not at myself
but at everyone else

I don’t consider it stark
That I can see in the dark
I know the place     where I belong
It’s dancing to this song
without you
It’s what I like to do

Did you find yourself talking to me
Only accidentally
Accept my apology
I am so sorry

A rose isn’t real enough
until it signifies love
This one’s dead     it was mine
I plucked it from a vine
just for you
Now it’s something new

Runyon Canyon is deep
The hills you carved are too steep
It is a well      made out of dark
full of people’s hearts
thrown in coins
They go boing boing boing

Did you find yourself talking to me
Only accidentally
Accept my apology
I am so sorry

I was never Chinese
I only know how to say please
Did you forget      that I was here?
Are you that soaked in beer
because of me?
It is flattering

Did you find yourself talking to me
Only accidentally
Accept my apology
I am so sorry