The Long Restless Nights

Long sleepless nights,

Watch the moon,

The stars pass over head.

Nebula's invisible,

Thousands of galaxies unnoticed.

Back here,

Down below,

molecule of life

in the ocean

of the universe.

Long sleepless nights,

spent watching

from the back of a pickup

Spent listening

to the sounds of the night

Pick up the old six string,

stick a cord,

break into some songs

sing along forest,

listen to the old trees moan

Long, sleepless nights,

spent way out here,

far away from the world

watching the stars over head

watching time slip me by.