Wondering About My Errors
by Michael Doyle

I have been looking in the mirror
Revisiting all my errors
I have been thinking about the past
All the beliefs that didn't last

The Devil visits my mind
Showing ruins that I left behind
Burning bridges to yesterday
It seems so castaway

A different light shines on Babylon
Too many moments that I've rambled on
I never thought you'd drift away
The fortune changed an ocean away

Not since my belligerent youth
Have I held so tight to the truth
Emotional targets killed on demand
Fill my no man's land

Wondering if I am a species of one
Looking back on all the things I've done
My memories have formed my identity
Coming a long way to become this me

A different light shines on Babylon
Too many moments that I've rambled on
I never thought you'd drift away
The fortune changed an ocean away

I have been waiting for the punchline
Stumbling through emotional landmines
Dreaming as I creep along in my sleep
I wake up to my eyes that weep

Have I become a lost child between frontiers?
Am I living life running between tears?
I ask these questions under a sheltering sky
Never really knowing why

A different light shines on Babylon
Too many moments that I've rambled on
I never thought you'd drift away
The fortune changed an ocean away

(c) November 7, 2024   Michael Doyle
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