Where have I been?
sulking 'neath the humming raving flood lights of the den
miserable beneath the beer moon under shoddy starlight of the smoke covered cavern
dismissed my troubles to the functioning of a universe that is not my own
and waving fearlessly as my legs trembled to the functioning of several dancing hopeless ones
smiling as the sounds filled my ears and all at once I saw each and every face searching for the same things
trembling as I reached for one more fix inside of the place that I have not known
and demystifying the secrets of one single forgotten truth
now back to the nest in which I take slowly one branch out each month for the purpose of forging a new home
and sad that there is no more hopeless safety in the net of youth
yet hopeful that once when the sun rises it may grant a song I have heard in dreams