always kiss me goodnight

perfect starman's thrust
a bonfire bright in parking lot stripes
intentions rolling out to the end

have you received me? are you still near me?

i'm going somewhere, far away

most conscious steward
most eminent function
most beautiful, tender, rippling waves

the stars, as they are
burning tight, burn forever
a piece of paper floats today

what water could quench the monument's stench?
what fire could convince our meaning to stay?

the world receives
(everything i've ever done)
the path revives
(everywhere i've ever been)

and as we are running, there's no coming away
there's no unsticking of the pyre we stuck
there's no emboldening of the match we struck

i can only live with never and always
i can't consist upon a sometimes maybe
i can only do it the same way i've always done

i need an inflection; i need a detent
i need a rule following natural law
i need a heuristic of life's moral fiber

am i still near me? can i still see me?

i need to know you, wherever you're going
going, endwise, ever and on

i always need to be starting over
i always need controlled conditions
i always need to kiss the waste goodnight