Penny Black

Penny black and tarnished over
Watch the framing fold
In the cracks we mine for silver
When we’re flushed with gold
Turn the screw, the hand works five points
Fingers toward the sun
Taking two for every new coin
When all we’ve earned is one
Every step moves forward
Every step moves, every step moves
Places for cold mines
I trace my own lines
I wait in low lights
Until I find
Hints of the old place
Familiar cold ways
Distant and unrequited
You know the kind,
Lily white and pulled in pieces
Quiet does it good
And inside the noise increases
As you know it should
Every step moves forward
Every step moves, every step moves
Every step moves forward
Every step moves, every step moves
So precious, this kill screen
Our love is divided
So much is left unseen
When double sided
All code and no distinction
Nothing on the skin
All told in all depictions
Only left to live
The search is sanctified
We find it side by side
The search is sanctified
We find it side by side
The search is sanctified
We find it side by side