The next stage

When Winter comes
And summer love
Turns to cold and pain
You wonder if
It will return again
You light the fires
Draw the curtains
All the definites
Become uncertain
You wonder where
All the happiness went
How all the joy and love
Is suddenly spent
You know that life
Will never be the same
You're forced to move on
To the next stage of the game

Desertion?

All the leaves have fallen from the trees, they are completely bare. Unprotected from the cold.
Why do the leaves desert the trees when their warmth and protection in most needed?
Or is it that the trees shed the leaves, pushing them away?

The trees lose their leaves
The ground begins to freeze
The evenings draw in
My hope wears thin

Show me it hurts

Show me your hands
No marks
Show me your arms
No scars
Show me your chest
The broken heart is hidden
Show me your eyes
The countless tears are dried
Show me your lips
That now kiss someone else
Show me your feet
Your footsteps follow someone else's
Show me your pain

Should have been, Should have done

There is now a void in my heart
The place where you should have been
The spaces in my life that were reserved for our future
For the hope and happiness that was still to come
Perhaps I spent too much time looking back
Trying to recapture
I should have lifted my head
Looked forward
Created our future
Instead of grasping at what had passed

Lost

The brightness of colour
Dulled by the pain
The warmth of the sun
Clouded by rain
Even when I'm awake
My eyes feel shut
I know I'm alive
But my lifeline's been cut
I try to relax
But my heart just pounds
I feel like I'm lost
And I'll never be found

One more look

If you slowed down
Just turned around
Once more
What would you see
To set you free
Then leave
That well chosen smile
A face of denial
Not true
Or the truthful tears
Spilling my fears
Too late

Pain

This pain just ebbs and flows through me, without care for what I'm doing or how I choose to feel. It disregards my decisions to turn a corner, be strong, move forward.

I am drawn to pain
Like a moth to a flame
The aching hurt
Of my broken heart
The echoes of time
These shadows of mine
The overwhelming loss
Soul chilled by frost
The facing of fear
My future unclear

Dark

It's as though a gust blew out the light of my life; everywhere is darkness, enveloping everything.
The flame was strong
It's glow was bright
It feels so wrong
Without your light

Cold

All is gone
All is lost
The Summer sun
The Winter frost
The flow of time
It's all stopped still
And my heart is filled
With unending chill