Ribbon ink stains ivory keys tonight
Gravel crunches under boot heels slow
Carriage returns with each passing light
Shadows stretch where the driveway bends low
Typewriter counts the footsteps home
Click clack measures gravel poems
Twilight writes what day forgot
Keys strike soft where boots have trod
Bell dings soft at the margin edge
Porch light flickers, moth wings beat
Paper holds the walking pledge
Ink records each retreating feet
Typewriter counts the footsteps home
Click clack measures gravel poems
Twilight writes what day forgot
Keys strike soft where boots have trod
Shift key lifts with the evening breeze
Platen rolls the distance near
Typebars kiss what the eye sees
Twilight letters reappear
Ribbon spools the night away
Gravel sings in minor key
Footsteps fade but scripts will stay
Typewriter hears what eyes can't see
Typewriter counts the footsteps home
Click clack measures gravel poems
Twilight writes what day forgot
Keys strike soft where boots have trod
Margin set for the coming dawn
Carriage rests on the silent wood
Night's transcription nearly gone
Ink dries fast where the footsteps stood
Typewriter counts the footsteps home
Click clack measures gravel poems
Twilight writes what day forgot
Keys strike soft where boots have trod
Dawn breaks clean on the typed page
Gravel quiet, footsteps done
Typewriter ends its night wage
Light reads what the dark begun
Typewriter counts the footsteps home
Click clack measures gravel poems
Twilight writes what day forgot
Keys strike soft where boots have trod
Gravel keys unlock the dawn
Gravel keys unlock the dawn
Click clack fades on the porch light
Click clack fades on the porch light