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FLIGHT

When crunch-time arrives,
they cry "fight or flight",
"take up arms against a sea of troubles"
or hit the accelerator through the next
red light;

as for me, my palms are smooth,
I'm wearing down the soles of my shoes;
faint-hearted, nothing to fight for
when you've everything to lose!.

I thought about crossing-country alone
(the night we shouted and it rained)
I loved the idea of half-empty trains
gliding through nameless towns and fields
for days,
(I took off my lead shoes
and started to run away)

I wanted to leave all that behind –
the cobwebs that clung,
the words that writhed in my mouth
and stuck to my tongue!.

But at the traffic lights looked to my left
at another driver,
and we waited together for the lights to turn red,
and it seemed like we were running
from the same loneliness back there

to the same loneliness ahead!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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