What does it mean to be alone?
It's not always simply "On your own."
What does it mean to be one against all?
To have not one set of arms in which you could fall.
If you set me down on a dark night in June
In the woods so thick I could not see the moon
Well I would not sit and wait, nor get up and walk
I'd listen to the wind and I'd just let it talk
Like a ship cast out into a stormy sea
You'd find not one person asked to help me
Can you imagine a morning without another man's chime?
Can you imagine a rich man with not one single dime?
I surely can't and so I try not
So once more alone into the abyss I trot
You think this poem is scattered and unknowing
But I promise within a plot is growing
Now think as if you were alone in the dark
And you heard a wolf yip and bark
Who's arms do you imagine holding you tight?
Who's warm, soft whisper could save you that night?
If someone is painted in your head I do swear
You are not alone, for it is them that is there.
Oct 14, 2014
Oct 14, 2014 at 12:15 AM UTC
What does it mean to be alone?
It's not always simply "On your own."
What does it mean to be one against all?
To have not one set of arms in which you could fall.
If you set me down on a dark night in June
In the woods so thick I could not see the moon
Well I would not sit and wait, nor get up and walk
I'd listen to the wind and I'd just let it talk
Like a ship cast out into a stormy sea
You'd find not one person asked to help me
Can you imagine a morning without another man's chime?
Can you imagine a rich man with not one single dime?
I surely can't and so I try not
So once more alone into the abyss I trot
You think this poem is scattered and unknowing
But I promise within a plot is growing
Now think as if you were alone in the dark
And you heard a wolf yip and bark
Who's arms do you imagine holding you tight?
Who's warm, soft whisper could save you that night?
If someone is painted in your head I do swear
You are not alone, for it is them that is there.