12/5/2010

illicit attention but forget where it’s from
remember when you felt like
you were never wrong?
now the wrong outweigshs the rights
and the right turns every night
take you closer to home
than you wanted to go
take a left
there’s a road you haven’t traveled yet
take a detour
there must be more
to these back country landscapes that take
forever to return from
facing the moon and the sun
shunning one or the other
based on the day
there’s honesty hidden
behind that hard face
smile and fake it
or truly believe
there’s a reason to be
on these streets
going until you don’t know where you’re from
and no one
no one
knows your name.
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I’m eager to leave this behind
forget these pipe dreams
get back to being
the standard of living
shifting through the days
right foot and then left foot
contained by the strain
I am holding and believing
that I really shouldn’t leave
there’s a home in here for me
oh believe
there’s a house to build and lead
oh believe
there’s a family to raise and praise
to carry every single weight
to find someone
to love someone
until the sun
eats everyone
oh believe
there’s something here for me.