You’re On Your Own
Poem on Life and Love
When I tried to sort it out
I rationalized the cause
With doubt in my mind
And now I’m caught
Watching a feather fight
Under the weight of
The thumb of the night
And here it comes again
Crawling down my spine
In time
I’ll make it out alive
But if you ever wanted
To make amends
I know you’re haunted, too
But I’m right behind
And if I ever wanted to begin again
I’d need to know that we’d make it through
But how could I?
When fortune is distant in the night
The devil makes it known
A path to the grave
Innocence, here I stand
Watching you broken, trite
Under the weight of
A past to evade
Oh, hear the echoes
Crawling back through time
Disguised
In bright eyes
But if you ever wanted
To make amends
I know you’re haunted, too
But I’m right behind
And if I ever wanted to begin again
I’d need to know that we’d make it through
But how could I?
Save your pennies
Save yourself
Spend the nights alone
The scent of flesh and bone
Is worth every ounce
Of every man
Ever known
more by SANDY DODGE
photograph by Kyle DeWitt
