AFTERWARDS


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You stare out in yellow eyes larger than my mind;


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in viscous pools of joy, relaxing,    we glide...


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 it's all too   beautiful


Am        G      D
  for my mind to bear.


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and, as we shimmer into sleep,     something's unshared.


(same...)
But, seeing the flower that was there yesterday,

a tear forms just behind the soft peace of your shades...

The world's too lonely

for a message to slip

but between the dying rails of peace

you trip.


The petals that were blooming are just paper in your hand;

your eyes, which were clear in the night, are opaque as you stand...

It was too beautiful

for it to last...

These visions shimmer and fade out of

the glass.




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