The Hard Way Down

I’m traipsing through the moonscape

As if I cannot see

I’m sleeping through the shadow play

Pretending to be free

The road I walk is a bumpy one

Though I barely make a sound

As I careen off cliffs above

Taking the hard way down

I’m drifting on the summer wind

Trying not to leave my mark

Sometimes when two souls collide

There’s not even one spark

Not so with you, my love

You’ve charred me to the ground

As I careen off cliffs above

Taking the hard way down

The hard way down

The hard way down

It’s the only way to fly

The hard way down

The hard way down

You really ought to give it a try

And as the days grow shorter

I fear to say goodbye

I’m fragile as a bird’s wing

Without the will to fly

Your arms like broken branches

Reach up to make my crown

As I careen off cliffs above

Taking the hard way down

The hard way down

The hard way down

It’s the only way to fly

The hard way down

The hard way down

You really ought to give it a try

© 2010 Britta Lee Shain