Noah Zacharin - Been a Long Day

Been a Long Day

been a long day
from a blistered dream into a blue sky alone
high-noon cicadas
buzzed about my baby and how I’m on my own
I set her adrift
she got the strong oars I got trajectory of the sinking stone
and the mud is thick
no one gonna haul me up and warm these bones

some of them have new men
some of them are born again
with the dark and the autumn coming on
one thing’s sure: none of them are coming back again

been a long day
asking the earth not to be so greedy
leaves will fade
after all my carelessness could someone still need me
I’ve wasted time
more time than many even get to spend
all along the line
I plant white lilies and ask when the losses will end

some of them…

been a long day
it’s a little later so I feel a lot more like myself now
half-moon is pale
even the stars are settled behind the cloud
and a little jazz
papers the walls of the rooms downstairs
and a little breeze
says there’s room for me in the wind out there

some of them have new men
some of them need to be born again
with the dark…