I rest on cracked concrete cold
My dust turns orange in the gloom
Wings fold slow on driveway stone
Twilight claims my paper home
Rust wings falling in the night
Pale dust glowing in the light
Gravel holds what time forgot
Moth wings fade to rusted rot
Bus lights sweep the shoulder grass
Runaway girl watches pass
Camera lifts to catch the flight
Moth wings fading in the night
Rust wings falling in the night
Pale dust glowing in the light
Gravel holds what time forgot
Moth wings fade to rusted rot
Tires spit stones on my back
Wings tear slow on jagged track
Film advances frame by frame
Rust spreads quiet calls my name
Rust wings falling in the night
Pale dust glowing in the light
Gravel holds what time forgot
Moth wings fade to rusted rot
Headlights paint me silver bright
Shutter snaps the final light
Negative holds dusty wings
Before the rust completely clings
Girl runs off with developed film
Leaves me fading on the stone
Wings dissolve to orange dust
Memory is all I've known
Dawn breaks cold on gravel bed
Wings now rusted fully dead
Camera sits in backpack dark
No more pictures left to spark
Rust wings falling in the night
Pale dust glowing in the light
Gravel holds what time forgot
Moth wings fade to rusted rot
Rust wings falling in the night
Pale dust glowing in the light
Gravel keeps my rusted wings
Twilight sings what morning brings