We Were Men of Shadows

we skipped stones into steel boxes we sheltered pretty songs from dark nights we were strong as the sun we were men of the concrete woods hammer in hand we smashed stone hearts in mystery we broke natural laws gave voice to the unspeakable made us stronger men stood on the boulevard and saw the world fall we brushed back the lace curtain stood in the pitch black and watched moonrise with younger eyes and it made us men wills entwined striving to conquer striving to find we were men of shadows we were men of light as we skipped stones into steel boxes and struggled with our demons we were men of shadows stronger than the sun (for stuttering phil and all my other old friends)