Long Walk Home

A misty night all sparkling white
Left your house alone, a lonesome home
A broken walk past a broken lake
Thinking on how much pain this heart can take
Everything still, the world's a pill
Messing up lives and ruining at will
The dark descends as I turn the path
Silent paranoia sets on me like a mask
A noise here, a whisper there
A shiver rises that I feel through my hair
Rusty nature sleeps it seems
Filling the land with ominous dreams
Something moves and catches my eye
Was it me, moon shadow or simply a fly
The smallest things have the biggest fear
Things you can't see but can definately hear
Memories flood my mind about the evening gone
What could I have done, what did I do wrong
Just as the anger wells up inside
Something brushes past me almost pushing me aside
Do I start to run I think to myself
Do I stand still, what's best for my health
The night's events are taking a turn for the worst
The argument earlier seeming quite absurd
I settle for silence and stand there listening
Hearing only wind as it passes my ears whistling
Just as I feel better a stick snaps behind me
I start running to the nearest light ahead of me
Feelin safer I turn a blind corner and rest
With my heart trying hard to burst from my chest
Through the trees I see the dim light
Taking away the brightness of stars in the night
What am I doing here, I should be running
Stil with no idea who or what is coming
Just as I set off the noises return
Behind me yet quietly, for sanctuary I yearn
Was that a growl, a groan, a scream or a moan
Suddenly not caring I dream of home
The light gets closer as I steam through the trees
Occasionally falling and slicing my knees
Into an opening I run and spy a dark shack
Decide now, in or out there's no turning back
IN! my mind screams as I burst through the door
Not knowing what'll happen and not caring anymore
And as I calmed down I noticed the woman
Sat by the fire drinking rum with lemon
Apologising for my entrance I explained my evening
Hoping for a weapon before I ended up leaving
With a great big smile and a puff of her pipe
She offered me food and a bed for the night
Breathing in deeply I finally relaxed
Until the door flew open showing a man with an axe
Screaming I dived on the woman for protection
Later understanding the need for correction
The axe cut the air as the man started waving
It was his wife with whom I was apparently misbehaving
I ranted and raved about the monster that was after me
Cowering on the floor the man looked at me pathetically
Then it dawned and the truth hit the bone
This man, like me, was just trying to get home!