Run

You can run til you drop

but you can't lose your shadow

You can hide from your pain

but it always will find you

You can get yourself high

but someday you have to come down

You can watch yourself bleed

but the blood's gonna run again

Spend nights with a stranger

but the sun's gonna rise

You can keep tryin'

but you just can't escape from yourself

So go blame your mama

Go blame your dad

Go blame the love you think you didn't have

You can blame the alignment

of stars in the sky

Go on and keep asking

Why?

But your houses keep burning

and you fan the flames

by turning your back

and changing your name

You can keep runnin'

but you just can't escape from yourself.

submitted for Thursday Think Tank,  #91 Escape, at Poets United