The Sharpest Knife

Try not to look upon a road with judging eyes and find yourself wanting

I’d like to knuckle down and know that in the end it all was worth it

Envy is a true north guiding you down the road but only if you don’t look too closely

Astringent tastes are there to remind you that the prize is not the fruit of one’s labour

Here’s a bouquet of flowers for all the ones you chose who weren’t me – look at them now!

With velvet blackness overhead

A hard road takes you to the place

Where justice is the sharpest knife

Where courage never comes too late

You follow me through fields of green

We tremble at the breaking light

I’ll faithfully say I wouldn’t change

A moment of this gift of life

The fates may sew me into place

And like a child I’ll hold each thread

And not see where my fingers end

Or where the universe begins

Away

Watch it dissolve away

Cast your demons away