moon dust

It's a dark night
For our love dear
And I'm feeling, so alone here
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Words dribble out of me so fast sometimes
They dribble down my face and unto paper
I feel them working out of my body
Coming out in rhyme
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I would love to feel as free
Like the winds blowing through me
Like the waves crashing to the shore
Like the seagulls as they soar
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I see you as I once was
Wild, but not free
Your mind won't let you be
You've been hurt too many times, shoved around
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Like a stone sinking to the bottom
Of lifes' blackening sea
I see you, I see me
Plunging far from rays of sun
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A step beyond my door and I came into another world
Barren and dry
Viewed to those who had given it as a cruel joke
Useless, cracked
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I miss her
Soft dusty browns
Big open skies
Hanging the stars so low
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Sweet honesty and imperfections
I loved it all
No masks or grand illusions
No games no confusion
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Being stalked by a shadow
And I'm filling up with fear
Looking over my shoulder... I don't see you
But I know you're there
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How long have I been running far far away from you
As many miles as I've gone
Still the darkness comes on
There will be a crimson moon tonight
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Sister, I knew her well
One of those girls always running and hiding
Scared and alone
Surrounded by people yet so far away
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Remember when you asked if I were ready to run
Remember the scorching smell of the gun
Faces burned in memory for nightmares to come
Keep on drinking till the memories don't come
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Starligt starbright O I've wished on you many nights
Starlight starbright you always make it right
I can't remember life before you, my star
Tomorrow I won't remember the desperation
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From the first dawns of spring to the closing eves of fall
I could stay
I could sit and listen forever to your songs
Always you've been here
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Cold and dreary, dark and alone
Wind wailing thru the icy night
Dragging on and on
So reluctant to leave
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She looks into his eyes and says I love you
Does the things every good girl should do
But her mind, it's somewhere north of here
And I believe her heart is too
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Are you lost
Left in that small desert town
Are you lost
The world chewed you up and spit you out
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I sit in silence, watching the remains of night fade away
And I think of you
I whisper your name to the morning
No one to hear but the wind, trees, and me
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Second to one
I am
Almost as a middle man
Second to one
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