footsteps and the dirty streets


empty hallways
slow walks and
my feet hit the ground
softly
and i saw the winter today
and i saw it was beautiful
the streets may be dirty
but so is life and so are life's lessons
and it touched me
i knew it all then
i knew she loves me
i never had doubt before but now i'm sure
i would cry for her
and i saw the winter today
it all sounds so simple
so i saw it all and i knew then
so i saw it all and it reached out to me
and i walk on this dirty ground
and i walk through these hallways
and my life is this love i have
it is everything
and all the times i thought about suicide
were so wrong
and i was wrong
so i admit i was wrong about it all
so my sadness is fading day by day
so i can not see what lies behind
and the future is clearer
and i knew she loves me
and i knew i love her so much
and i saw the winter today
almost for the first time
and i saw it was beautiful
i walk the dirty streets
my feet hit the ground
softly
and they make the sound of life
and i saw it was beautiful

~greg paul