4.19 Echo Pond

I take the old path, past the leaning trees

Same warm ground, same quiet breeze

Hands in my pockets, head hanging low

Some days I just need somewhere to go

And the water's calm like it understands

All the heavy things I don't say to friends

Wind in the wreaths like a whispered tone

Saying I'm not alone

Shoes in the grass, cold in my chest

Nobody here, just me and my breath

But the water keeps every secret I left

So I count to four-nineteen

Slip where the world goes quiet on me

Under the surface where the light turns slow

Everything's soft at Echo Pond, ooh

Heartbeat soft in the blue-gray glow

Time moves strange down below

When I come back up I breathe again

Four-nineteen clears my soul

Dragonflies cutting across the glass

Clouds drift slow but they never ask

Why I keep coming back here alone

To sit by the stones

And the pond just listens like an old friend should

No fixing words, just understood

Just wind, just water, just quiet air

Holding me there

Cold in my bones, sky turning gold

Nobody here, nobody knows

But the water holds all the weight I show

So I count to four-nineteen

Sink where the world goes quiet on me

Under the surface where the light turns slow

Everything's soft at Echo Pond, ooh

Heartbeat slow in the blue-gray glow

Time moves different down below

When I come back up I breathe again

Four-nineteen clears my soul

Maybe someday I won't need this place

Maybe the dark won't fill this space

But tonight the silence helps me mend

Thoughts I couldn't defend

So I count to four-nineteen

Let the still water carry me

Under the surface where the light bends slow

All of my noise sinks at Echo Pond, ooh

And when I rise I can breathe again

Like the world just gave me a friend