Redwood City

These are the buildings
that run our lives
that tell us what to be
that tell us how to be
that see for us
and breathe for us within their sealed windows.

And I call to them from the other side of the water
from the other side of my dictionary
from the other side of the company policy manual
from the other side of the wind.

And they do not care
cannot care
should not care
and are not an answer
and they cannot answer
and there is nothing
but the white roses
by the water.