untitled or (As My Shadow Walked Beside Me)

i'd lock away the darkness if i could,  
but now i just take sharp turns  
into the alleyway
where the cat has hung his corpse.  

i'll hang mine there too and be done  
for the worry of tomorrow.  
sometimes
nothing makes sense in my world  
and not even the tree    
knows how to dance.  

one last time  
my step is loaded blues.  

i let the shadows eat me.  
i let a woman walk by
and i never looked.  
she'll have another heart to break
or be broken by.