I Have Followed You

I have followed you from the ends of the earth
Places sanctified by volume and mirth
I have followed you and your loud sunshine
Abstract testaments and impulsive handsigns  

I have followed you – someone showed me the way
With a thousand bees and a table of clay
I have echoed you in drink and in song
Will I get it right? Will they nod along?  

Liquid shards that float like aerosol
Building playgrounds in my head  

Let the sideburned masses watch themselves
Give those t-shirts what they want  

I have summoned you when the burdens are wrong
I evaporate when I’m singing along
I will follow you ‘cause I think you are right
Tunes of oxygen, words of light  

Winter 2002 – August 1, 2003
Copyright 2003 John Brocato