Dusty Albums

Drove the 17 back home like so many times before

Lines down the highway faded like our history

A silhouette in a fragile state, another barn had met its fate

And I lost track of all the times I'd walked away

But still I reached the church on time to greet the receiving line

That trailed as long as a river to the sea

Now our stories an empty shrine of a relationship defined by

Dusty albums and a stranger’s memory

Spent my youth in a naive waste, little time to contemplate

All the answers that stood in front of me

A past impossible to please yet now full of honesty

That cast a shadow where time meets reality

Now I'm standing in this crowd as they share stories aloud

Of all the wisdom you tried to give to me

They've caught moments lost in time but for me all that's left behind are

Dusty albums and a stranger’s memory

This old house where I was raised full of boxes upon my gaze

That tell a story I once refused to read

Old photos scattered shades of brown scream the truth without a sound

And share a past told second hand to me

As the ashes fill the breeze tears of missed opportunities

Fill a heart that my eyes refused to see

And as I cross the city lines with a broken heart and a heavy mind of

Dusty albums and a stranger’s memory

Dusty albums and a stranger’s memory