This a poem I wrote called "This Road I Know" There's this flash I get often, a fever dream or a vision of sorts Most times late at night And I haven't found out why, but I know exactly why I'm on this road, and I hear gravel underneath me, and I feel it too And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am It's dark, it's really dark And the car is warm, but somehow I can feel how cold the night is I don't know where the road leads, but I know exactly where it ends You see, I keep drivin', and all I see for the longest while is my headlights For an eternity it seems And everythin' is desolate and empty and nothin' and hopeless I'm lost, but I know where I'm going I'm safe, I'm warm, I'm drivin' And I see this small light A dim one growin' brighter and bigger and closer and stronger And the closer I get, the more I see I make out a house with light strewn across it, a porch, and cars Some frosted windshields that hadn't been touched for hours I hear a song, and it's faint And I can't make out the name, but I know every word I feel my feet first And it's cold, and they're crunchin', and it's the sound of driveways And the wind takes my breath with it And then I walk up to this door, and I knock even though I feel I don't have to And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am And this crack of light widens on this porch underneath me as this door opens And this brown-haired girl with the brightest smile I don't know who she is, but I know her so well And behind her, the warmest home I'd ever seen It's orange and comfortable, there's fire, and it's bulb-lit She says "Where have you been? I've been waitin' on you all night We've missed you" She says to the kindest smirk I'd seen in so long Then she tapers off the sentence with the With the peaceful sound that a lady makes She grabs me on the forearms, pulls softly into the dining room And there's people, and they're happy, and they're content for one I don't know who they are, but I know exactly who they are And we're all standin', and I'm laughin' at a joke I'll never hear again I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am And then she tucks her head between my collar as a friend Between my collar and my jaw, and there's no weight at all And I don't know where I am, but there's no weight at all It's laughter and grins and no tomorrow to win And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am

The only one I know Has come to take me away The only one I know Is mine when she stitches me The only one I see Has found and aching in me The only one I see Has turned her tongue into me Everyone has been burned before Everybody knows the pain The only one I know Never cries, never opens her eyes The only one I know Wide awake and then she's away The only one I see Is mine when she walks down our street The only one I see Has carved her way into me Everyone has been burned before Everybody knows the pain Everyone has been burned before Everybody knows the pain Everyone has been burned before Everybody knows the pain Everyone has been burned before Everybody knows the pain

I'm a road man, a load man, eighteen wheels and a serious plan Ain't nothin' gonna go gettin' outta hand while I'm behind the wheel I'm on fire, and I'm wired, full of diesel and ready for hire I'm buildin' a rollin' empire of blood, sweat and steel I don't waste time, I make time, tearin' a strip off the white line I'm a professional man, I'm one of a kind, and I know how to bring it in I've got a clean slate in five states, and twenty-nine that ain't so great Fourteen that'll have to wait, and two I've never been I'm a road hammer, a white knuckled steel gear jammer Rig jockey highway slammer, I'm just doin' what I gotta do I'm a road hammer, double talkin' CB grammer Haul your load from Alabama all the way to Timbuktoo I've hauled the left coast, the west coast California sun where they're chillin' the most Follow 309 Teddy Bears ghost, All the way to New Orleans I've been from Thunder Bay, to PA All the way down to FLA, And every little town along the way There ain't much that I haven't seen I'm a road hammer, a white knuckled steel gear jammer Rig jockey highway slammer, I'm just doin' what I gotta do I'm a road hammer, double talkin' CB grammer Haul your load from Alabama all the way to Timbuktoo Bridge: Another day, another town Diesel up, and hammer down I've got a pimped ride, a pretty bride Four little babies and my hound reside Back in the hills on the mountain side South of the river bend I've got my cell phone, she's on roam Sweet little thing wants to get it on She says I left somethin' turned on at home She can't wait 'till I'm back again I'm a road hammer, a white knuckled steel gear jammer Rig jockey highway slammer, I'm just doin' what I gotta do I'm a road hammer, double talkin' CB grammer Haul your load from Alabama all the way to Timbuktoo I'm a road hammer, a white knuckled steel gear jammer Rig jockey highway slammer, I'm just doin' what I gotta do I'm a road hammer, double talkin' CB grammer Haul your load from Alabama all the way to Timbuktoo

君のことはもう忘れてたはずなのに 夏の風が不意に君を呼び戻す チクリと刺す胸の痛みは 懐かしさより前に 思い出が巡り回るのは あの海岸通り 二人の景色は 時を止めたまま 波音に目を閉じた 今年も夏が来る... 君のことはもう忘れてたはずなのに 夏の風が不意に君を呼び戻す 蒼い空と海と心は君でアザだらけ 今でも消えないよ 賑わう夏祭り 混み合う人の波 はぐれないように君の手を握った moment 蘇るのは You and I そればっか 変わり映えない日々に重なった 想い出は綺麗なまま 今年も夏が来る... 君のことはもう忘れてたはずなのに 夏の風が不意に君を呼び戻す 蒼い空と海と心は君でアザだらけ 今でも消えないよ 変わりゆく Blue ただ一人冷めた砂の上を 歩き続けているよ 君の帰らないこの部屋で 灯り続けるだけの Candle 焼きつくほど聴いた 君の好きな歌を 今更 口ずさむよ 見上げた夜空 今君も見ていますか あの日見た星は今日も降りつづく 思い出たちが歌うメロディー 君との蒼い日々 今でも消えないよ あの夏が消えないよ

I am becalmed in virtue Lost to nothing on a bay of dreams Warm weather and a holocaust The tears of God flow as I bleed Left to die by two good friends Abandoned me and put to sleep On a shore where oyster beds Seem plush as down And ripe enough for the Luxor dream Recall the dream of Luxor How fluids will arrive As if by call or schedule Resume through the morning tide Where entry is by seaweed gate And plan the plan of dreams To lose oneself in reverb In all that is and all that seems So ladies, fish and gentlemen Here's my angled dream See me in the blue sky bag And meet me by the sea The oyster boys are swimming now To claim me back from the dead The creatures back from vertigo They fear to fall but haven't fell Will reclaim tries and try again The oyster boys are swimming now Hear them chatter on the tide Of the lost and language lost Hear them chatter on the tide We understand, we understand, we understand And so do I We understand, we understand But fright is real and so am I So ladies, fish and gentlemen Here's my angled dream See me in the blue sky bag And meet me by the sea The entry to lost vestibule Opens on the bay An instant shape of mercury Lost and then retained An instant is an eyelash Caught on the tide Imaginos! Below this bay And then besides... The oyster boys are swimming now One deal is what we made Forest keys and whirlwind cold Green trees too and keys of gold Even locks that won't explode When the skies become a scroll Having lost its interest See that's the deal we made Just to join the Öyster Cult The Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand—Blue Öyster Cult We understand, we understand, we understand