"So I spent this Easter wondering why"

Easter Before I Go

No one wants to die and neither do I
But when your time is coming you just know
So I spent this Easter wondering why
Waiting for stars watching the cars which go
Around and around all seemingly bound
For happy destinations far away
From where I sat with the homeless out in
The hub of the wheel of my town today

The stars never came the flickering flame
Of my cheap lighter lighting cheap cigars
Became the vigil light of lonely night
Which came as a relief beyond the grief
Of seeing happy families like these
Making their fuss who looked askance at us
The people like me with no family

Just a few broken friends with burnt-out ends
Of smokes and bitter jokes about our lives
And where we have been and what we have seen
Of who we were once with children and wives

Only the lonely would know what we mean
Here in this in-between of life and death
Where some say we are punished for our sin
My homeless friends with vodka on their breath
No booze for me just the insanity
Of cars without stars and some cheap cigars
A kind fellow-wanderer shared with me

No one wants to die and neither do I
But when your time is coming you just know
So I spent this Easter wondering why
With friends of mine out here before I go

+Steven Curtis Lance



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