Timothy Patrick Hinkle - Slate

from SpinTunes 18 Round 1 by Spintunes

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Everyday the sun returns with yet more things to do
It won’t listen when I say I’d rather stay in bed with you
The sky’s been clear so it stays here, leaving the clear sky blue
I know how the sky is feeling, I’ve been feeling that way too

So I pray—
that the sky will turn to grey
when tears can flow they’ll wash away
sorrow’s chalk from my slate of grey

Everyday the air’s dry fingers grope at my bare skin
It knows it’s too hot in my blankets; it grins it’s salacious grin
It knows the stars were watching, when they fade it will begin
And I have no way to escape it, while I breathe I’ll never win

Please don’t dig for a silver lining
When grey through the sky is blown
Leave off mining for more shining
The sky and I will cry alone

Everyday the ache inside expands to fill the space
Burnt in by sun, clawed out by air—living will life erase
Kindly obscured by dark clouds, my composure I’ll unlace
And let a small measure of sorrow leak away out of my face

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from SpinTunes 18 Round 1, released October 4, 2021

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