One year, we marched together

Through the ripping rains

We looked to one another

As we pushed ahead in chains

One night, I said, "Tomorrow

I can find my own way home."

And, I know that something followed me

That night I walked alone

In darkness I awakened

To a devil in my home

I drowned him in the water

I ground him with the stone

I threw him in the fire

Put the ashes in a hole

But, somewhere in the woods that night

He somehow got my soul