girl on road (crying dirge)

shiver
thick trees
leaving home
still miles to go

dark, now cradles me
what's to know
or see
or show
when light stays clear of me

some time alone
someplace
where you won't hear from me
on the road
it leads me
miles to go
the fog, exhaled, I'm breathing
in

to know alone
is to be free from sin
to start every few steps is
to begin

to cry is to let a feeling out
and let it wander all about
the best thing is to let it out
so it won't die within