'Losses'

Never once, and not at all.



The song destroys a song,

One catchy tune for another.

But the only embrace-- it's your embrace,

So there's not much chance for anything other,

While cold hours caress the last lights from the roads.



Never once, and not at all.



It's come to another twisting tale

With endings fashioned from one-way sorrows

And crumpled pieces of poetry...

A tragedy for the times without end,

And loud nights without rest.



Never once, and not at all.



But the poems are one-way gestures...

Only one will say goodbye, and I know--

I know, for you, the nights are soft.

The dreams are gentle,

And you'll never come to miss me.



Never once, and not at all.