Exit Wounds

Some names stay attached to highways Even after the signs are gone Some voices keep showing up Long after the speaker moved on I remember a handful of moments More than entire years Funny what survives the distance Funny what survives the disappear Not every mark leaves evidence Not every lesson leaves a scar Some people pass through Some people remain Hidden in decisions Hidden in the change Exit wounds Don’t always bleed Sometimes they become Part of what you see Exit wounds Don’t always show Sometimes they keep moving Long after someone goes Still there Somehow Exit wounds I knew a man who changed directions With a sentence and a shrug I knew a woman who left echoes In places she never was Some doors close behind you Some doors follow you around Some people leave a footprint Some people alter the ground You don’t notice it happening Until you look behind Some people pass through Some people remain Hidden in decisions Hidden in the change Exit wounds Don’t always bleed Sometimes they become Part of what you see Exit wounds Don’t always show Sometimes they keep moving Long after someone goes Still there Somehow Exit wounds We carry entire histories In habits we never explain In roads we suddenly choose In names we don’t say Not every ending is damage Not every impact is pain But every life leaves something And nothing leaves unchanged Exit wounds Don’t always bleed Sometimes they become Part of what you see Exit wounds Don’t always show Sometimes they keep moving Long after someone goes Exit wounds The shape of influence The weight of a moment The ghost of a choice Still there Somehow Exit wounds Long after Long after Exit wounds