Leave It Alone

Hard eyes swallow whole
A man who once was ten feet tall
Body full of foreign soil
Stare down 1000 miles
Let that be boy
Leave it alone
Don’t speak no more
Hold your tongue
That ain’t for you
It’s mine to hold
Let that be
Leave it alone
Hear pounds with bygone rage
Keep it locked there in it’s cage
Weathered hands can’t let go
Pain captured in kodachrome
Let that be boy
Leave it alone
Don’t speak no more
Hold your tongue
That ain’t for you
It’s mine to hold
Let that be
Leave it alone
Let that be boy
Leave it alone
Don’t speak no more
Hold your tongue
That ain’t for you
It’s mine to hold
Let that be
Leave it alone
Old bones crack and grind
Under the weight of a heavy mind
In the ground buried deep
Too mean to die
Too proud to speak