all i left behind

all i left behind should come as no surprise

to me since i fell through the black hole of your eye

only little things inconsequential i could say

of all i left behind with you along the lost highway

silver earrings in wichita

beaded moccasins in tonapah

but i had you so

i just let them go

the flannel shirt i wore to keep me from the cold

when we drove from boston all the way to buffalo

the leather boots i bought so many miles ago

i took them off to follow you into the ohio

never did my armor feel so thin

silk was all i had between me and your skin

like waterloo i lost that too

and the gold bracelet with my fathers name inscribed

on the back by the one who loved him all her life

the way i too could have loved you

the spanish shawl i put across the broken shade

of the lamp that lit the room

that last night near cour d'alene

only little things inconsequential i could say

of all i left behind with you along the lost highway

of all i left behind