03 December 2020

little foxes

it's the door just left cracked open

to a whisper of the night

when the darkness seeps in slowly

and puts out a little light


it's the voice that says stop trying

after all you know the end

and behind that smiling face

you no longer see a friend


it's the thought you entertain

that perhaps it's time to go

take your battered heart away

lean in to the fears you know


it's the melancholy morning

when you slip back out the door

tell yourself how strong you are

when your dreams lie on the floor


it's the times you choose to stop

wrap the barbed wire round your heart

turn away from those who love you

grasp the lie and stay apart


but the glimmer of a prayer

for a hero at the gate

kills the foxes that destroy

before it's now too late

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