the wanderer (again)

no, not the off-the-wall publication, but something worth reading:

You wander through the failing light
Where shadows dance and fade
'Round the hollow where courage once was laid.
Yet in this night of frailty
Though your soul cries out alone,
May you turn from haunted memories

To see the world you've never known
Through roads that wither thin
you must challenge the fate that you have seen
You're in your house of painted glass
Where you're sheltered but alone
As you wait for night that does not pass

Wanderer. You've strayed alone; you've lost your way

'Gainst the night you bear the chill
As solace withers down
You have silenced the truth that you have found.
Wasted by the wake of years
Of a life that stands alone.
You've crossed the chains that bind you here.

Wanderer ...

by my friend ann, who is a very good writer. she made it into a song, because she is also a very good musician.