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.