Runnin' With

all

day 

 away

up and around

inside

 outside

 here

  there

never here

never

near

it does not

go

or slow

or fade

it blows

in and out

about

in time

with

the devil

running

away

forever

to this

day

in

my

head

not a

word

be said

or heard

from the

sky

 the night

or in flight

as the

ground

gives

way

with

the rhythm

of missing

what was

never

there

I do

 I don't

but

I do

and still

I thought

I always

would

but

I

won’t

Runnin' with the Devil

Van Halen 1978

Jill Fitz October 2020