Watch red paint dry Name clouds drifting by Count all the stars you see in the night sky

Blades of grass sway Letting hours slip away As velvet night slips golden into day

Precedented times Moments fully known Little bits of boredom Together or alone Rhythm of a rhyme Read countless times before Comfort found in sameness And knowing what's in store

Dragonfly wings a mourning dove sings Music of the morning in a million wee things

Hand on soft fur Sleepy cat's purr Sitting still as stone to leave her dreams undisturbed

Precedented times Moments fully known Little bits of boredom Together or alone Rhythm of a rhyme Read countless times before Comfort found in sameness And knowing what's in store

Oh how I long for precedented times Oh how I long for precedented times