i'm going

i'm going to learn to drive a motorcycle,
and i'll ride away with you into that bright orange orb
on the horizon. i'm going to learn to fly a plane,
and i'll be seeing you up there in the sandpaper
sky. i'm going to learn to breathe underwater, and i'll
meet you by the lobster traps.

i'll be a lion tamer. i'll be a stand-up comedian.
i'll be the conductor of the new york philharmonic.

you'll be the percussion section. you'll be the
ventriloquist's doll in my act. you'll be the biggest pussy
i've ever seen.

or if you want,
i'll be an atom and you can be the sun.
i'll be a neutron and you can be a supernova.

i'll move at the speed of light, and you can move
at the speed of sound, and we may not be going
in the same direction but we'll almost certainly
end up at the same place.