Nowhere

I’m not here
Between the smiles
Conceived so crookedly
Like a grueling mile

I’m not here
Where hope sits
It doesn’t know
The half of it

I’m not here
Where green grew
And virgins learned
They’re so few

I’m not here
Within the walls
That scream bloody murder
Then tumble and fall

I’m not here
Where time stopped
And stood there
As life dropped

I’m not here
In the past
Came and went
Just too fast

I’m not here
Where you were
Flying high
Finding the cure

I’m not here
Where you lay
Meeting darkness
And the gray

I’m not here
Under the bridge
To the precipice
And over the ridge

I’m not here
Where up meets down
Between the sky
And the ground

I’m not here
From where life came
And goes in many ways
But it’s always the same

I’m not here
I’m over there
Where no one can see
I’m nowhere