Parallel

The dismount
Was easier than this
A new sound
Rings out
But inaudible to everyone

It's colder everywhere than here
But I can see my breath
It's just the same patterns and paper words
Just the same patterns and familiar turns
(Follow the path that leads away
Everything else descends to ash and flame)

You can stay just like you are
But you'll still feel older
And you might wake up sad sometimes
But you're wearing that calm
With a style
Invisible to everyone

It's easier
When no one's around
To speak honestly

Spent several
Months of the year
Down these avenues

The sympathy
It won't mean a thing
Til the day is done, til the half-light's on
Tell yourself it's just a place to wait out the storm
I hope that I’m wrong