Long howl
In the night
Made half of patience
Half delight
Thunder and drizzle of rain
Came as the sun set
Over the western fields
Of flooded spring rain
And over the dams of steel
Long howl
In the night
Made half of patience
Half delight
Thunder and drizzle of rain
Came as the sun set
Over the western fields
Of flooded spring rain
And over the dams of steel
An echo of the train
Runs over the cold
Damp fields
Of Fort Wayne
As the train
Makes its way onward
To the east coast
With a barreling motion
To boast
Moving on into the night
Breaks of thunder
A mile south
Of downtown
Around a bend
In a field
That is where the sounds
Are hurled
On a Monday night
Confusing musings
Of the art
Of distraction
Artificial attraction
The powerful few
Direct their efforts
To distract
The main crew
Abstractions of actions
And intent
No actions made
No messages sent
So how to tell the truth
Of the few
When lying is a standard
Act of the new forces
What I knew
I had to relearn
Over And over
Again
Blasted temptation
A wide as a mile
As potent
Fragile
Hope looks up
Desperation down
Looking for the good
Sometimes
Even gets me down
A metered approach
When the pain
Meets the brain
In moments of doubt
And confusion
Slowed down
To adapt to the motion
Listening to the muscles
Listening to the brain
Moving slow
When we are in pain
Send the check
As fast as you can
Hand it over
Just as we planned
Cover the bull
And the bill
Some loose change will do
Hold up the hundred so you can see
Through
Hope check sent in the mail
Held onto and saved
To a forest path
It has been paved
A tale of two friends
Destiny begins
When fate ends
Around the corner
A separate situation
No preface needed
And no intimidation
Hope and dreams
Caught in the seems
Between two friends
As a message resends
No apology needed
When the conversation is heated
Between two friends
And that’s where this story
Ends
Reign size
Ring size
Committed
Or confused
I guess the words
Meaning are up to you
How long to reign
How long can desperation
Stay the same