Night Walks

Would if tomorrow never came?

I'd rather swallow the truth than choke on my shame.

When I wake up.

I peek at the mirror and hope I'm the same.

When we lock eyes

Something ugly grows in my brain.

Who is to blame?

They carry my name in chains.

While the black mystery of the ocean buries my pain.

Life isn't fair.

It's just warfare.

Of course, there's tension in the air.

But I can't afford to care.

So I lend a thoughtful stare.

Please...

Stay right there.

I'm in a peaceful nightmare.

Somehow, someway I'm being dried by raindrops.

I'll call back, one day

When the pain stops.

Like when a dope needle makes a vein pop.

And the addict experiences pure bliss

Right before his life stops,

You can hear the night talk.