Last Night In Exile

Last night in exile

Drawing to a close

Running through the snow

Crashing to the earth

Treading on broken glass

Stepping on hot coals

Feet turn an ashen black

Fighting distorted you

The colour of the room fades

The colour drained from you

Painted cities loom in view

So far from you

Where we're from the birds

Sing a simple song

We bathed in the murmured light of the setting sun

From the window

You saw what the ocean wore

A heavy mist that led to the shore

Forget it once, forget it in spite

Forget how it stole the night and undid it all

And how it stopped