Tend The Boy

Tend the boy
who wanders aimlessly
whisper a trace
of what he's
dreamed about
he can't help
that he's made himself
into a fool
he can't pretend
that you're not
his river of doubt

Disappointment
is a persistent drummer
with a beat
that bloodies the soul
only those that have heard
it's every cadence
knows that it lives
to kill the moment
and leave the heart
out in the cold

Tend the boy
who looks for meaning
in the dreams
of all the nights before
that they might point the direction
he needs to travel
if he can't travel
in your direction
anymore