I’ve counted you in
for the last time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not out of anger.
Not because the songs were bad.
Not because the miles were too long
or the hotel carpets too ugly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something quieter happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day I noticed
the beat I was following
was no longer the one in my chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You stood at the microphone
chasing the next town,
the next crowd,
the next version of yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don’t blame you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A singer has to believe
the road continues forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A drummer knows better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We spend our lives
measuring endings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every fill returns to one.
Every crescendo collapses.
Every encore eventually runs out of night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I am leaving.
No smashed cymbals.
No memoir filled with accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just a pair of sticks
laid on a snare drum
while the room is still quiet enough
to hear them land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope the songs survive me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope the crowds grow larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope somebody younger
plays louder and faster
and makes you smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for me,
I want mornings again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trees.
Coffee.
A dog perhaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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