You came around Ready to grow I reached out Wanting to know How to become What I needed to be Never forgetting What stayed inside me Inside the anger Inside the pause Inside the choices That led to it all You came around Ready to return I reached out Hoping to learn How to grow up How to grow old How to believe Pennies are gold Gold as the sunset Gold as the moon Gold as autumn leaves Blown away too soon Watching from the future The past is mostly blur The moment we become What we never were There are pictures in a drawer That someone still believes There are tickets in a box Someone prepares to leave You came around Ready to stay I reached out And pushed you away Why that happens Who is to blame Whatever is asked The answer’s the same The same as we were The same as we are The same as the darkness When night has no stars
