When...

when the mountains scrape the clouds
do they wear away to dust?
when a lover leaves the beloved
do they learn to never trust?

when the midnight highway disappears
beyond the headlight beams
does the visible world vanish
and nothing is as it seems?

when a lost love won't leave you
and her memory won't give you peace
does the harsh light of a new day
forbid those memories cease?

when a child slips on the sidewalk
and suffer a scraped and bloody knee
will they take undue caution
and refuse to trust what they see?

when the preponderance of sorrows
drain all life's fullness from my days
will i lose myself in darkness
in the thunder and the haze?