Barefoot Dreams

Rattling through the bogs, my love in limbo Battling against the odds, arms akimbo Too late to tear down the walls that they've built Ate a cat-o-nine tails and swallowed their guilt They demanded, then broke, my humanity Hot branded, and stoked, my insanity Purely for sport, the game, and the kill With orders to READY, AIM, and FIRE at will Now hobbled in pain, where the crossroads meet On a cobblestone lane, with unshod feet I've groped, so long on this road, I'll just say I've hoped, I've dreamed, now I'll just fade away