A Lonely Night

I walked alone  on a lonely night,

Seeing men and women, wander in sight

Something of an enigma I came upon

Like a deer in the headlights, protecting its Fawn.

I wondered why I walked alone

Was this a punishment <span id="E31" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E31" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;"> for which <span id="E32" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E32" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;"> I had to atone?

<p id="E33" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E33" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E35" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E35" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">To walk alone on a lonely night?

<p id="E37" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E37" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E38" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E38" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">Was this my life’s eternal plight?

<p id="E39" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E39" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E40" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E40" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">What <span id="E41" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E41" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">ever <span id="E42" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E42" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;"> happened to wrong and right?

<p id="E43" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E43" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E44" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E44" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">When was happiness ever in spite?

<p id="E45" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E45" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E46" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E46" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">I just need an easy friend,

<p id="E47" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E47" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E48" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E48" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">Who may be there until the <span id="E50" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E50" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">end,

<p id="E52" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E52" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E53" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E53" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">Is this really too much to ask?

<p id="E54" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E54" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E55" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E55" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">Is this impossible for the Heaven’s to task?

<p id="E56" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E56" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E57" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E57" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">I walk right past the bar,

<p id="E58" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E58" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E59" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E59" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">Where men dream and see the stars,

<p id="E60" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E60" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E61" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E61" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">Why am I an unhappy man?

<p id="E62" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E62" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"><span id="E63" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E63" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">When I’ve done all I can? <span id="E64" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E64" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;">

<p id="E65" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E65" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> I walked alone this lonely night

<p id="E-369" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-369" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> When I came across a child in fright

<p id="E-560" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-560" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> He said to me a man shall follow

<p id="E-805" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-805" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> Wearing a mask, his body hollow

<p id="E-1067" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-1067" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> I indulged him, the child in fright

<p id="E-1606" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-1606" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> Told him everything would turn out alright

<p id="E-1892" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-1892" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> 'Til I looked behind me

<p id="E-2084" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-2084" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> The child screamed

<p id="E-2189" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-2189" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> 'Twas a man, as thin as could be

<p id="E-2407" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-2407" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> He looked in dismay

<p id="E-2619" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-2619" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> As I walked away

<p id="E-3054" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-3054" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> I looked behind as he followed me

<p id="E-3232" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-3232" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> Not an inch shorter than me

<p id="E-3846" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-3846" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> I walked with someone that lonely night

<p id="E-4108" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E-4108" style="display:block;list-style-type:none;padding:0px0px10pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Carlito,sans-serif;"> Wishing that I had endured the fright