Stealing into the night he left us

In search of the road not taken

His unshackled pain carried him for days

At war with the wounds left open

Stumbling over the words not spoken

In solitude learning how it hurts

That all those summers came and went

With this dull pain in his chest

Always stood waiting in the wings

To never act

Somewhere his presence is felt

There's a hand that's reaching out

But no not here no not here

Taking sleep with one eye open

Waiting for the holy moment

Beginning the fall falling back towards back towards

The world that he had left

Some kind of peace inside his head

Confronting life without a death

Himself

If there was a god that I couldn't see

That's fine by me

Life and love are for living and loving

Not for hiding and chastising

You keep preaching but you can't see it

That there's no higher place than people

Stealing into the night he left us

In search of the road not taken

His unshackled pain carried him for days

At war with the wounds left open

Stumbling over the words not spoken

In solitude learning how it hurts how it hurts

That all those summers came and went

With this dull pain in his chest

Always stood waiting in the wings

The world that he had left

Some kind of peace inside his head

Confronting life without a death

Himself