The City By Dawn

Hard rain fell. Chalk it up to a failure.

Push through the cold weather.

Racing heart

slow the beat

push through the defeat.

No one knows

just push through the deadbeats

junkies

liars and cutthroats.

The same walk

the same pier.

No one's going to remember him here.

"Just walk until you reach those long steel tracks."

That old familiar sting

the memories of rivalry.

Years passed and it's still here.

The same dirt

the same rails

the same fear.

And all the years of giving in rushed through his head again.

With no loss to match his gain

he rolled on to hop that train.

That rain fell hard.

Chalk the miles from his failure.

Trees sway with the weather.

Racing heart

slow the beat.

Every crossed town line is relief.

With no money and no name

state lines

borders rivers are all the same.

The city by dawn

a stranger with no history comes.

"Just rest your head where the sun sets. Fade out at sun down."