Spiders

And the spiders come out in the autumn
And the flies breed between the walls
You may not have the words but I've got 'em
Scrawled on scraps and palmed into a ball

And the wind moans like lovers caught reeling
And the trees bow like people in prayer
And I long to be void of all feeling
I could tell you my truths but I will not dare

And in autumn we wither
But in winter we fall
So I'm counting the days
'Til the sea takes us all

And I loved you a thousand times over
I loved you when you were a child
But I knew you would live as a rover
So I bade you farewell with a lie and a smile

And the sun projects stored recollections
On the fields as the wheat turns to gold
But the memories that play all too soon fade away
As the sun travels west like a prisoner paroled

And I'm told that she was a beauty
I'm told she stood out in the crowds
I'm told that you flew off together
To discover the world from the heights of the clouds

And the birds call me home in the autumn
As they take to the sky in a V
As they practice their intuned formation
I would fly through the night, up and over the sea

I would fly with my brothers and sisters
I would fly with my kin, southward bound
But too scared of changed things I cut off my wings
For without any choice I will never leave ground

And the spiders come out in the autumn
And the flies breed between the walls
You may not have the words, but I've got 'em
Scrawled on scraps and palmed into a ball