STRUTTING DOWN THE ROAD,

UNSEEN WARDING DEEP WITHIN.

FASTER THAN IT SEEMED POSSIBLE,

MY FLOW DEEP IN A SPIN.

IMAGES THAT THRASHED THE CALL,

BECKONING ME TO SEARCH DEEP WITHIN.

A CLEARING WAS NEARING MY ORBS WERE PEERING,

AT METALIC OBJECTS THAT LOOKED SO THIN.

EYES HEFTY BUT WERE LOOKING THROUGH ME,

BECKONING OTHERS TO FOLLOW.

I FELT HOLLOW PROBING EVERYWHERE,

NO HIDING PLACE AVOIDED THE STARE.

FROM DUSK TO DARKNESS I FELT LIKE LEAD,

INSTRUMENTS EXTRACTED SECRETS INSTEAD.

THEN AS LIGHTS FADED, EYES NO MORE,

HELD ME QUIMMERING, SENSES WERE ONCE MORE LAW.

WHAT WAS I DOING STANDING WITH OTHERS,

CHILDREN, ELDERLY AND PREGNENT MOTHERS.

CLEARLY CONFUSED, MY SENSES BRUISED,

I WALKED HOME ALONE.

AS SOCIETY OVER THE YEARS,

REMEMBER THE TEARS,

OF THE MEMOIRS OF THAT NIGHT.

STORIES TOLD UNTIL WERE OLD,

IN A DUSTY NIGHT IN NOVEMBER.