dew yu heer th echo uv wher yuv bin
 
      
ar yu captivatid or  entanguld  by its
        
sounds  its memoreez  its manee
 
      
langwages  smells  time senses  ths
        
is alwayze now  bettr 2 keep going  if
       
yu can  they all say  make art out uv th
 
       
echos  relees  thos entising  siren voices
       
n th fresh countree air  kleen watr  treez
 
      
ther is no echo 2 go back 2  maybe ther is
        
no back 2  yet i cum up on  th hi green
       
hill agen  north coverd ths time in snow
 
       
n watch th sunset from th porch  not
     
remembring th chattring attachmentz  n
 
     
care 4 ths dwelling place  uv wood n dreems
     
as th moon slides in2 th ocean places  wher
 
        
yu ar  down south  on th coast  all th stars
       
in th world reflektid in  th watrs  neer yu
         
4cast 2 rise 7 metrs in  th cumming yeers
 
       
n submerg vankouvr bc  nu york citee
      
n prins edward island  representing  what
      
a nu definishyun uv watr front  or  as top
 
        
doktors ar now saying  what yu may have
      
long undrstood  transisyun is th reel main
                                          
stay uv life

 

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