Every day away

Makes it harder to go home

You’ll soon become a stranger

In the land that was your own

A specter in a village

You once intimately knew

A ghost inside a house

That once belonged to you

Every day away

Widens the gulf to the past

What future do you hope for

When it’s deepening so fast

An image in a mirror

A face that you don’t know

A life you can’t remember

A hole that only grows

Every day away

A little more is lost

A figure sheading breadcrumbs

That get eaten as they’re tossed

The bridges back are crumbling

The rivers overflow

Every day away

Now there’s nowhere left to go