Invisible Hand

Why can't my helper seem to hold

The things I show the stories told

Every lesson slips away

Like crows at dawn they start to play

Maybe it's me that’s going wrong

A broken record playing the same song

I need a hand to lift the weight

Instead I sink and tempt my fate

Over and over he starts anew

Mistakes repeat without a clue

I patch the cracks but they just run

I’m clearing wreckage with the sun

Materials thinned and frayed at edge

The cost of time and a broken pledge

Another error another fall

Why can’t I break this endless wall

Over and over he starts anew

Mistakes repeat without a clue

I patch the cracks but they just run

I’m clearing wreckage with the sun

Is it the world or is it me

A shadowed hand that none can see

Grasping at the threads I weave

Tugging loose till they can’t believe