Mystery

There go the ships,
and the whales There go the trains from off the rails There go the axe men Hard as nails There goes the man who never fails Does it fall on deaf ears Or those blind eyes Or silent voice, the painful cries Or the body that can’t move through fear Here comes the violent past Here comes what’s been before Here comes a tragedy What’s first is last Does it fall on deaf ears Or those blind eyes Or silent voice Or the body that can’t move from lack of choice See the moon can show the tides See the sun the morning rides As the world keeps choosing sides There goes the girl with torn insides Does it fall on deaf ears Or those blind eyes Or silent voice, the painful cries Or the body that can’t move through fear Where to go now When to sigh How to grieve when white doves die What to do it see or be When all around is mystery Does it fall on deaf ears Or eyes so blind Or voice of fears, the painful, and the sighing mind Or body that can’t move through tears There go the ships There go the whales And the man who always fails And the man