Too many crimes in this day and age,
Too many betrayals, locked in this cage.
I have no excuse, I won’t even try.
There’s no pardon ahead, I can’t explain why.
Don’t ask me the questions, because you will see
All the answers are hidden, even from me.
They’re deep in there someplace, hard to divine,
Riddled in the shadows I collect beneath eyes.

Shedding wings, dropping scales,
Rush headlong into flight.
Running away or running towards,
That patch of endless night.
It’s reserved just for me,
And time I was there.
Dragonflies flutter wide and free,
Then pass on without a care.

There’s nothing of merit left in this shell,
Nothing of heaven, and closer to hell.
I never wanted to be a traitor to those I hold dear,
But it seems inescapable, despite all my tears.
I never meant to be worthless, never meant to be false.
But that’s how it builds, then grinds to a halt.
Stuck in a loop, forever skipping a beat,
Always crossing the path, tripping over my feet.

Shedding wings, dropping scales,
Rush headlong into flight.
Running away or running towards,
That patch of endless night.
It’s reserved just for me,
And time I was there.
Dragonflies flutter wide and free,
Then pass on without a care.

The weight of this failure drags my spirit so low,
I have wondered again, if it would be best just to go.
Familiar perched on my shoulder, a black dog at my side,
Get in topaz bindings, gun the engine and ride.
We’d run on the horizon, on the edge of the world.
Peek over the tip, watch destinies unfurl.
A deep breath and a step, and smoke in the wind,
One less captive of myself, a dragonfly unpinned.