October waking
The air like cold smoke
Burns your lungs
Reach from your bed
For alarm bells that only ring in your head
See her in the frosty windows
Of school buses
Little hands trace little hearts and initials
Little sorrows to start your day
Seems yours melted away
Long time ago
October dreaming
The lies like cold heat
Free your heart
Set your eyes on
A body that only sings in your mind
See her in the speedometer
Try and drive
Fast enough to shake the ice from your tires
Those worn treads
But the past is never dead
Or gone
Catch the next flight
To light me on fire because
I don’t want to be the ice man
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