Travis used to pick up pebbles Held them in his hand looking For gold... Or crystal, smooth sides Or even one with a strange color He wanted to throw them upstream So he could watch his collection Bounce before it drowns Now I've been collecting pebbles Since he shot one bouncing farther Than the heat could bend the light I learned religion that day I woulda started a church on the shore Hiring monks to unravel the secrets Of his backhand throw, I mean if I could even pick up The pebbles anymore without Watching half drip through fingertips Just to watch them drown, thudding Into last years promises, I swear if I had a pebble for every Promise I made to my future, I'd be forced to build a wall Between me and every half-thrown Analogy ripping your mind Out of the moment and hello This isn't a Poem, this is Uhhhhh.... Just words in a line and so if that Interruption wasn't enough to Send you Running Then you're stronger than the people Disappointed by my inattention to details If I really had a pebble for every Promise I've ever broken I'd do my best To pile them up in such a way that the right Light reflects my true intentions That wall, is a scarf, to keep you warm All the nights you had to cry yourself To sleepless tossing when I should've been There. To wipe away your tears and I'm sorry.. But I'm gonna have to leave You in that bed a few more times I still Haven't learned how to count sheep who can't jump over that wall we built