A Strange Day

give me your eyes
that I might see
the blind man kissing my hands
the sun is humming
my head turns to dust
as he plays on his knees

and the sand
and the sea grows
I close my eyes
move slowly through drowning waves
going away on a strange day

and I laugh as I drift in the wind
blind dancing on a beach of stone
cherish the faces as they wait for the end
a sudden hush across the water
and we're here again

and the sand
and the sea grows
I close my eyes
move slowly through drowning waves
going away
on a strange day

my head falls back
and the walls crash down
and the sky
and the impossible explode
held for one moment I remember a song
an impression of sound
then everything is gone
forever

a strange day