I am Road-Dog

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Engine hums like a dying heart in the night,

Asphalt eats miles, I ain’t laughed in a fight.

Dust in my lungs, whiskey in my veins,

Seen too damn much… and none of it remains.

CB whispers, voices fade in and out,

Nobody stays, nobody kills the doubt.

Buried my brothers in headlight glow,

Now I talk to shadows – they’re the only ones I know.

And my dog sits quiet in the passenger seat,

Eyes like fire, but his silence runs deep…

He don’t need a name, don’t need no show –

He just stays… same as me… cold and low.

I am Road-Dog… drivin’ through hell alone,

No God, no home – just a road of stone.

I am Road-Dog… heart hard as steel,

Learned how to survive – forgot how to feel.

I am Road-Dog… no hero, no man,

Just the one still drivin’ when nobody can.

And when the sky falls and the highways end –

Road-Dog’ll still stand… or just ride again.

Burned love down like diesel in the tank,

She rode off with the wind… left rust and stank.

Hands full of scars, stories soaked in grime,

Each one screamin’: “You can’t outrun time.”

Sleep don’t come, nightmares stay,

See dead faces in mirrors that won’t fade away.

Every highway a wound, every turn a grave,

I wear my guilt like ink I couldn’t shave.

Being alone means peace – learned that slow,

People are lies… so I let ’em all go.

Just me and my dog – no questions, no sound,

Two lost souls… nowhere bound.

I am Road-Dog… ridin’ blind through the night,

No prayer left – burned out the light.

I am Road-Dog… carry my load,

Till the engine dies… somewhere down this road.

I am Road-Dog… no map, no plan,

Just a shadow that drives as long as it can.

And when death comes knockin’ and calls my name –

I’ll say, “Climb on in… we’ll ride the same.”

CB’s dead… no signal left…

Just road… just dark… just us…

Me… and the dog…

I am Road-Dog.

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