Moondust and hope

I breathe with envy
for those to whom time has been kind
Where seconds and minutes align
in ecstasy and ether
And hearts are neither too quick
nor too slow

The stars have closed their eyes to me
the universe has judged me ill
But for all my wrongs
I've only been searching for a moment
Where love's two hands
welcome me with
Words wrapped in gold
and the courage to believe them

But if the sky won't give me light
I'll trespass on darkness
Feeling among the rocks
and brambles
For specks of moondust
and hope

While you've been busy

While you've been busy drifting
I went on living
I found out the grass is green and long
and it tickles my knees, see
I'm not cutting it
and either are you

While you've been busy forgetting
I went on living
I found out how to sing a ditty or two
and they aren't all sad, see
I'm not crying
and either are you

While you've been busy hurting
I went on living
I found out I'm good at pretending
and I make a decent shield, see
I'm not bleeding
and either are you

While you've been busy reading
I went on living
I found out how to see right into a stranger
and it feels like warm milk, see
I'm not spilling it
and either are you

While you've been busy sitting
I went on living
I found out I like to dance
and there are fireflies on my shoes, see
I'm not squashing them
and either are you

While you've been busy hating
I went on living
I found out love is something you make
and it's more than words, simpler than games, see
I'm not playing anymore
and either are you