cowards (replay)

[mazzie]

cowards!
in times of trouble you run off
sighing and fainting
trembling and twitching
at the thought of a woman
who, so like your darkest heart
thrusts herself forward and out of the light
and into the darkness
of what you know and cannot concede

your heroes turn to dust
and you turn to what, my friend?
the lines of some old tale
told on the feigning of a great deed
tender one more line to faith
and cast your dust unseen
your soul burrows deeper
alone at last

9/10/04