To get from the streets to a new life
jungle high
Keeping alive
The will to survive
Months keep seeping
through grates of sub-grieving
no one said life would be easy

Moths, spiders - the size of hands
Creeping through the sands
Aching because they can
And so do I
And so do we

Together, through the darkest night of rain
Coming to the dawn of healing pain.
Come on knees crawling slow
Heaving forth the throne of gold
- Don’t need nothin’ ‘cept Love in Heaven

Thus we cross the lonely river bed
Lying side by side, head to head
- Say was that a bear growling?
Or was it just coyotes howling?

Lonely nights pretending to smile
Medicine only helps a little while
I’m sorry I fall into black holes often
It’s just hard to stand long, once you’ve fallen

I envy your stance, though
I can’t tell if you’re real
Maybe you’re an image of my mind
Created to keep me in line

Either case, you failed me

It’s alright

Life goes on