For you, only
When we took our shoes the first time
At the temple gates
It was the beginning of water bending
And droplets in my hands
You felt my pain on phone call nights
But then all we did was moonshine under the light
We were not allowed entry within the walls
But we're allowed to stay until final call
You've made me better for what it's worth
And kept my wheels spinning beyond this earth
And shot me up and down the park street lights
If you've watched the bottom of my shoes
You know I got 40 licks and I've had the blues
The bottom right corner of my soles
On my right anklet extreme
Tell the story of uphill climbs
And a brittle statement that led to footstep screams
A passerby drove right on thru
And I would have been a dead bunny if not for you
I'll feed the children of Krishna, too
I'll home your animals like how I honor in my shoes
An uphill climb with a fleeting look
Of hopelessness and knowing an eternal muse
You art there for me in celestial orbit when I think of you
You are in my ears when I have nothing to do
You are in my heart from morning to start
You were at my family's mourning ritual
Of Karballah and Kusumpur and Kanpur, too
Of Noida, Murshidabad, and Dilli too
But kali peeli you bring me home
You sent me back in a plastic dome
For 500 rupees I paid the price
Of losing your respect into a motorcycle night
I would have walked the whole way back the first we met
If I'd known my lesson would be so long learned our second test
I walked back knowing not what I had lost
For in the sands of time you were not yet mine
But never-ending, mind, remind me, remember me
I'll be seeing you in familiar times
I'll be seeing you at the moonraker ride
The bumper cars, the bowling lines
The carousels of Saturday club
The stuffy halls of Cal Club bells
The bell hopping servants who inhabit my eyes
The sockets of my hips that tell no lies
The sockets of my eyes that accept your peers
To know you are peerless and I am deeply your dear.
With love, Manas Winfield
For The one and only
