Abilene

I had a dream of Abilene,
a city I've never seen.

I had a dream of Abilene,
I had no idea it was the beginning
of our end.

Or maybe it's the beginning of the beginning,
a better day or three.

I had a dream of Abilene,
it was you,
but I thought it was me.

I had a dream of Abilene,
and all our children
in the woods.

I had a dream of Abilene,
it couldn't be true,
but it was.

Oh, Abilene, I'll never know you,
but a place I circled around
in this vision.

I won't ever go there,
there's no reason now,
just a city of my mind
with roads of fading light
and your

infinite falling
I can't follow down
tonight.

-2/6/09