I don't fly a banner above my head anymore.
Years have come between us
are you still beautiful?

Could i ask forgiveness
or is it too late for love?
No recriminations have ever cleared anyone.

Lorne park
Will you see me after dark?
Will you bathe me in your blue suburban sky?
I've come home with a trail of blood and bones
To your street lights hung like halos in the night

Tonight
I was walking backwards to the house i was born
when the grass grew over where i once held my own.
Could i ask forgiveness
or is it too late for love?
No recriminations have ever cleared anyone.

Lorne park
Will you see me after dark?
Will you bathe me in your blue suburban sky?
I've come home with a trail of blood and bones
To your street lights hung like halos in the night


Cut my wings and let me swing
childlike from your apron strings.
Bury me in the backyards
and throw the memories over.
Cut my wings
and let me swing.
Could you offer anything
To a stubborn drunk with a serpent's tongue
still teething on an infant thumb?
Lorne park

Lorne park
Will you see me after dark?
Will you bathe me in your blue suburban sky?
I've come home with a trail of blood and bones
To your street lights hung like halos in the night
Lorne park