And who then would have told
of this end anyway ?
Not you, you leapt first and furthest
always, and recklessly that last time;
few enough I think remember now,
but I knew you when
we were skywide open and
kin to the blowing wind;
we were brothers you and I,
two of a different kind, we ran
and we jumped like suicides, leaving
dust trails like others leave wealth,
there were days I believed
boxes were built only to be
strung together as freight trains,
god knows we rode all those that were;
but lately I see them used
by people frightened of
freedom also, for to
hide their worried lives inside...