Signs shift fast in fleeting streams
Flags dissolve in stranger dreams
But the void tags every mile
Across borders, still alone
Lines we cross, echo loss
Paths diverge, heart's submerged
Customs waves goodbye to home
Tongues I meet stay chromosome
Yet the gap inside persists
On the list
They greet with smiles passport stamped
Local life where I decamped
While my solitude endures
Through the tours
In the change I chase escape
Every stamp a hollow shape
Not the thrill of new domain
But the pain
Across borders, still alone
Roaming flesh and blood and bone
Every checkpoint clears the way
For the gray
Across borders, still alone
No new ground has grown
Every skyline left behind
Marks the bind
Borders fade, voids invade
Maps deceive, truths bereave
Routes extend, hearts don't mend
Lands rotate, lone my fate
I trade one skyline for the next
Hoping roots where none connect
But the silence tags my stride
Deep inside
The further that the frontiers fall
The clearer rings my inner call
And in transit I embrace
Empty space
Every visa fails to fill
Through the roam the void is real
Not the freedom borders grant
But the slant
Across borders, still alone
Roaming flesh and blood and bone
Every train that carries far
Leaves the scar
Across borders, still alone
No new ground has grown
Every port that welcomes brief
Steals relief
Maybe drift was meant to teach
Solitude beyond our reach
Every line that we transcend
Helps amend
Now I carry empty grace
In each strange and saving place
The companion none can flee
Sets me free
Across borders, still alone
Now it's strength I've grown
I was never far from me
Finally
Across borders, still alone
Truth in every zone
Every step through foreign dust
Earns my trust
Across borders, still alone
Soft and low
I'm just a wanderer with throne
On my own
Across borders, still alone