Canal Song

so many miles away from here a canal lies waiting
 in the sparkling waters, a reflection of a younger me
 how i promised that i would return but i will never learn
 that promises cannot make things happen
 in my dreams now i see those black waters quietly still, running deep
 a reflection of age, brick chimneys standing tall
 these dark figures of ghosts, once so powerful
 now left behind to crumble for a joyless end
 broken by the occasional headlights shining on graffitied walls
 that reflect my mind
 shining eyes that have seen so much
 and hide so much
 in a blink will be shut forever
 all those hopes and dreams
 and broken promises
 will not haunt me anymore
 and the hours and hours and hours
 of endless loneliness
 the hours and hours of endless loneliness