drng

Time peels away the layers of my life
To watch my clothing fall upon my feet
And naked now I stand and filled with strife
I’m at a loss for who I ought to be

My garments all, my shirt, my shoes, my coat
The socks I wore until they were too thin
My friends, all parted with their stories tote
To dust, to leave me lost within my skin

Take up the brush, I beg, and paint upon
Those mystic symbols to adorn my face
Unspoken meanings lost within a song
I half remember in a dream’s embrace

In my reflection, shall the markings be
Those remnants of the life now left to me