Black Trees - Kim Richey

I don’t know where we’ll sleep tonight

Some place far from here

A few more miles, we’ll chase the light

While over our shoulders the world disappears

Black trees in winter stand

Shadows of their summer selves

Between the small towns stitched together by roads

To someplace else

We’re on our way to someplace else

A kind word now could break my heart

And the tears might never stop

And the ground is stony, cold, and hard

And I’ve stopped counting the days

And all that I’ve lost

Black trees in winter stand

Shadows of their summer selves

Between the small towns stitched together by roads

To someplace else

We’re on our way to someplace else

Far and away to someplace else

Someplace else