Alone with the Owl

By Sarah Jaffe

Alone with the owls howling "pain, pain, pain"

Alone with the owls howling "pain"

Alone with the owls howling "pain, pain, pain"

You don't have to live this way

While I lived was I a stray black dog

While I lived was I a stray black dog

While I lived was I anything at all

Did I have to live this way

I stood beside the ocean not a single wave

Beside the ocean not a single wave

Beside the ocean not a single wave

Not a single left to say

With the owl howling "pain, pain, pain"

With the ocean howling the same

With my life howling the same

Did I have to live this way