Nameless

Camping by the river on an open fire

Thought with a smile about my hundredth lie

The lie got broken on my hundredth try

For this wrinkle is wrought with a smile

Nameless hours and countless days

I thought of the times I laid to waste

Thought of the words I spoke in haste

Spoke with the tongue of jagged ice

Wishing everyone the best in life

The worst will be over in a breathless sigh

I wonder about the world on the other side

The other side I hide inside

That world is happiness, someone said

Now how could I believe someone undead

Could chant this hope inside my head

My head with the thorns of unshorn lies

A vulture flew in the lonely sky

Bearer of my soul that will never die

Bearer of the hope that I leave behind

Fond memories of a man who tried

I spoke my name and an echo was heard

Came back at me with a different word

I'll live again, said the nameless bird

And the bird swooped down with a nameless cry