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The days are getting shorter

Shadows growing longer

The temperature is falling

His resolve is growing stronger

He closes all the curtains

Shuts the windows tight

Throws an extra log into the fireplace tonight

He falls asleep while reading books

On scuba divers suffering from the bends

In the morning goes to work

A job he hates but he’s learned to pretend

The nights are getting longer

The days are growing short

Again she had that dream about

The child she aborted

Standing in a penthouse

Waiting for the elevator

It opened, there he stood

She was so afraid he’d hate her

He wrapped his arms around her said

'you did not have a clue what you had done

After all the years gone by

Who knew that you would be the lonely one'

The longer that you live

The less you want to hide

But you keep on gazing straight ahead

And keep most of it inside

People who look at you

Assume you have conformed

They judge you by your politics

And by your uniform

Then one night you dream you’re knocking

On the cathedral door

You want to confess to someone

But you don’t trust the clergy anymore

The darkness is approaching

The light is growing dim

You swim the line of demarcation

Humming ancient hymns

The more you see things clearly

The less you understand

And all of your ambition

Amounts to a grain of sand

You hold your breath and close your eyes

And wonder if the best is yet to be

Or have dreams morphed to nightmares

Rolling out into the angry sea

Days are getting shorter

Night is growing longer

The acorns are falling

He brews his coffee stronger

Closes all the curtains

Locks the windows tight

Throws an extra log into

The fireplace tonight

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