A Snowfall at Dusk

I crawl through the sinking sun

And seep into the night,

And I can feel a storm rising,

Storms rise all the time.

Orphans scrambling along a parapet,

Touching the axon of a latent wish.

I tremble still when I think of that,

The moment I found out what I am.

After you've known love

You can never go back,

And the heart never blooms

When there's snow on its tracks.

We were soft and unafraid,

Huddled in rapturous youth.

Every moment squalling through

Led us closer to the truth.

A man who lurched through like a saint,

A mouth that tumbled half awake,

A feeling I still conjure now.

In my dreams I still see you around.

When you're left alone,

You can muddy up the path.

And the heart needs a crutch

If you dare to look back.

Maybe tonight I will survive

The storm my heart moves through,

If only I could love myself

The way I once loved you.