Soft hearts don't remain very long
Sharp minds don't stay sane very long
And all the wide-eyed wonder in the world won't be enough
To help me find the silver lining in the rain very long
Heroes don't prevail very long
Kind winds don't fill the sails very long
And when this hellish forest highway diverges into unmarked paths
It's hard to hold the tried and true and tested trail very long
But there are moments
Bright and incorruptible
Where the promise of a better world flashes in an innocent eye
There are moments
There's something indestructible
It hangs like a brazen grand banner under a clearing sky
Once in a while
On the crest of a crashing wave
I can see the storm cloud's edge, and almost reach out and touch
The crimson clouds on the edge of evening