When Your Name Became A Stone

from The Treehouse of Memory & Regret by jimeddy

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We always fought like brothers, though we were born to different mothers

Imagined sibling rivalry — as we were each an only child

Best friends didn’t touch it, like two gloves with the same fit

No DNA could ever parse something that grew so wild


When your name became a stone

Our arguments went straight to silent

As did your exhortation to shout “the river’s up, let’s go!”

When your name became a stone

I never felt so all alone

It still feels like yesterday… but it was two full years ago


Our girlfriends couldn’t stand it, that we made out like a bandit

But not with them — we made out for the rivers every chance we got

Whitewater called us weekly, and we gave in completely

And on those runs we joined the realm of time that time forgot


When your name became a stone

A part of me was changed forever

I might paddle again some day, it’s hard for me to say

When your name became a stone

My sense of who I am was blown

And visits to this block of granite pulled me in it’s sway

When we finally made that first descent, the waterfall clear and
pounding

I took it first, as we’d agreed, then eddied out to watch your
drop

You missed your line while at the top, and got flushed under that
undercut

I waited for your you to pop out, but you stayed there for a day


We thought that life was long, and that we’d belong

To the realm of those adventurous to push its outer edge

A boater never stops to think, unless for a moment at the brink

That the light will be extinguished trapped inside a hidden ledge


When your name became a stone

I lost my “only child” brother

And more than that I lost my bearings handling navigation

When your name became a stone

I fought to find the ways I’d grown

And that I’d be without you for the rest of the duration.


When your name….became a stone.

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from The Treehouse of Memory & Regret, released March 25, 2024

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I no longer trade time for money, so I'm a lucky guy. Songwriter, music collector (at a pathological level); supporter of independent artists of all stripes. Open mic enthusiast, international traveler every chance I get. Forward in All Directions!

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