living at the top of the world.

"He was six feet five inches tall and he came into town a few years ago riding the afternoon stage. He wore a black broadcloth frock coat and carried a small valise. He stepped down from the stage, swept off his tall black hat, spread his arms and lifted his eyes to the snowcapped ridges beyond the town. When he had won every eye on the street he said, "I come to bring deliverance, and eternal life!" And then he crossed the street to the hotel, leaving the sound of his magnificent voice echoing against the false-fronted, unpainted buildings..."

Louis L'Amour, Elisha Comes to Red Horse, from the collected short stories of Louis L'Amour from the dresser drawer in the bedroom. an old picture, the opposite of outside my window.

Your light brown hair losing its color for silver grey in the 8 pm sunset. Your eyes wide, taking me in. The space between us a bright light, blocking our view with too much to see. I reach out for you, for the disappearance of the cool mountain air that separates and you bend your head. The mountains rise overhead as you move, the sun falls behind your shoulder, its campfire heat replaced by you, strong yet gentle, waiting.

Am I the only man you've known? or has there been another? or has there been another and another and another and another, all of them flying by like sports cars with outofstate license plates just passing through. 

Are you quiet for lack of thought or are you silent because they are too loud, pulsing inside of you? 

When my pupil meets yours, is your heart, smaller than my own, pounding into your ear with the wind rushing for the other side of this range? 

I break the silence and the sky loses all its color, "will you come closer?"

your gaze does not break.

I step close and can feel you bristle. The clouds now carrying the last of daylight beckon and I step again.

You run.

You are a white tailed deer and I am left on top of the world with unexposed film rolls and chocolate-covered peanuts in the freezer.

no lyrics, only:

visit soon, the world is unbelievable.