Puzzled Thought

Puzzled Thought - Patrick Holland

Firm at the water's edge

Anticipate the cycles end

Down from the north

To wade in

With the rest of us

Stilts cut the grain

You pipe the sand

With the charm you mime

So close you can hear it

Smile in time

Wrapped up with no fear

Try to find

Eagerness unclear

Dragged out with the tide

Good bye

I've heard enough

There's no excuse

For where you've ended up

Compared to what

The thought is pointless

As just giving up

Harmless in the end

Sit back and dream

Of where you've been

Allowed to fall discreetly

Till it's envious

Left by the whale

Blanket the sand

Drift back

It's all so close

Without it your fine

Without it no lie

Think it's time

Absent puzzled eye

Goodbye

With the charm you mime

So close you can hear

It smile in time

Wrapped up with no fear

I've heard enough

There's no excuse

For where you've ended up

Compared to what

The indecision clings

To puzzled thought

Firm at the water's edge

Anticipate the cycles end

Down from the north

To wade in

With the rest of us

I've heard enough

There's no excuse

For where you've ended up

Compared to what

The thought is pointless

As just giving up

I've heard enough

There's no excuse

For where you've ended up

Compared to what

The thought is pointless

As just giving up