blowing away in the wind

Reach out to the world, you're wrapped in lavender cotton
Whisper a chord but take it back; you're fading,
Fading into the background of the life of the cosmos.
Tempting, isn't it, to just drift away forever
Riding the stars and their currents of hot wind
Blasting through a summer day, bouncing off asphalt
Warming your skin and kissing your neck,
A faint song's waking lullaby,you hum along, tasting...
Cherry? Again? Those were better times, and worse times,
Before you knew the world and learned it's name
When the warmth came from hearts and not from the elements,
When the sting of rejection was merely a glimpse of the forgotten.

But now you have a summers day, and a sense
Of being alive and alone in the universe
Illuminated and warm in the sun, nestled in light,
And around the corner is the shadow and a night's rest,
When darkness meets darkness and a sip isn't enough anymore.