Heroin

Sometimes you see your favourite shot
It’s one you wanted but you never got
It was of me
But not me
I’ve been busy counting days
Seasons stack up but the well remains
And that’s about you
But not you
And some things that I want to say
Aren’t survivable
Or advisable
Like, «Happy Birthday heroin
But God, how I loved you
And how I still do.»
I could have roamed with you another round
Thousands of feet above the ocean’s ground
After the dark and eastern sun
Another one
Would it have been more of the very same?
Hugging hairpin turns from the outside lane?
Some beauty’s views are never done
The West is won
And some drives I’ve been due to take
Aren’t survivable
Or advisable
It’s the million dollar highway on a snowy day
It’s how I had to leave
It’s how I longed to stay
And some things that I want to say
Aren’t survivable
Or advisable
Like, «Happy Birthday heroin
But God, how I loved you
And how I still do.»