Did I miss out on utter defeat
By the skin of my teeth
Or was it all an illusion
Something I found out about in my confusion
And can they really read my mind 
Or has it all been left behind 
In the melee of all and sundry 
On a darkened Monday 
As I just ponder the truth
And what I escaped from in my youth
Is the dark a punishment 
Or is it just where the light went 
When it dived into a black hole 
There’s something of my soul 
That resembles that monument 
And the paper is bent 
In the place where I folded it for you 
You know, it wasn’t because I wanted to 
Let you go that I left
It was the sheer audacity of the theft 
That occurred in broad daylight
Now there’s nothing I can say to put it right 
Because on the 21st of December
I don’t know if you remember 
It was twelve years ago 
And you acted like you were in the know
And that the prophecy was in vain
But I can feel the coming rain 
Like a shadow over the valley
And I wanted to be your alley
Til you revealed your truth to me 
And I balked in indignity 
You have a woman on the sly
And you never even told me goodbye 
You always kept me in your heart
Like a second cow at the mart 
Just so you could feel secure 
One ready and able and the other pure
But untouchable as a star
As I ponder what you are 
Somewhere in the serene 
Of someone else’s dream 

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