Raven In The Storm - John Gorka

I'm the latest apparition

Cutting slices in the night

I come through without permission

Moving in and out of human sight

I'm the tapping on your shoulder

I'm the raven in the storm

I'll take shelter in your rafters

I'll be a shiver when you're warm

I'm the gold in California

I'm the well in Mexico

Like the vultures in the valley

I will wait for you to go

I'm the gypsy in your pocket

I'm the horseman in your dreams

I'm the reason dogs are barking

I'm the hand that stops the scream

I'm the baby's cry that isn't

I am the distant relative

I'm the scratching in the ceiling

I'm advice you shouldn't give

I'm the ghost of a traveling salesman

My foot will be there in your door

Though I can walk through walls and windows

I will knock just like before

I'm the darkness in your daughter

I'm the spot beneath the skin

I'm the Scarlatti on the pavement

I am the broken heart within

I won't take a train to nowhere

I will not touch just anyone

Ask a stranger why I'm waiting

In the chamber of a gun