Gerkhe

twenty years of pounding the pavement
under these street lights
drilling the emphatic hole
into the unknown
in this place we've both outgrown
to go the rest of it all alone

like the time you "didn't" drink
and I looked like a fool
or the times that I tried
but I could never tell the truth
we woke up 10 years later
feeling much older and abused
tell me now, friend
where is that fountain of youth?

just let it die