Damn You, All Of You

when you fell asleep

there in the snow

what if they hadn't found you

and carried you home

who's to know

you could have become the spot

where spring originally starts

to breathe and grow



time moves different

within every cell of the body

nobody knows

where the fatal decision starts to grow



through beginnings

and ends of failures

like beached whales

we became friends

this is the curve

of the wrong road we walked

and in its ditch I dyed your hair



time moves different

within everyone

I said everybody

so who's to know where growing pains

become established aches



I liked you and

I could have told you that

now I've told you that



time croons different

within every cell of the body

and sometimes

meetings are hassles

'cause of the memories they conjure