Defeater

rain fell hard
chalk it up to a failure
push through the cold weather
racing heart
slow the beat
push through the defeat
no one knows
just push through the deadbeats
junkies, liars and cutthroats
the same walk, the same pier
no one's going to remember him here
"just walk until you reach those long steel tracks"
that old familiar sting, the memories of rivalry
years passed and it's still here
the same dirt, same rails, same fear
and all the years of giving in rushed through his head again