Lost Ones

And though the night is dark
The days will be even darker
When the sun shines in places
Not brighter than your eyes were
As they were glowing with tears
And I thought they could help me
And I thought I had grown
But as with everything seen through sadness
It was all just a blur.

But nothing lasts long
And when you turn away
Hoping that still intact
Will lie what you once wanted
But when you fall back
There's nothing to be sure
And so you just keep reaching
For things you know aren't there.

It's better to be poor
And know what you have
Than to be locked inside wants
And needs and wishes and everything
You thought you could ever take.
And realise
There's not a single thing
You're sure you can say, do, or make
To make a difference.

Because words make no more sense.

And I can't even speak anymore.
After every silence there's a consequence
But I can't bear to be seen
I want to sit in the corner
And just think about all the things
That could have been

But something said too many times
Passed around like a noose unseen
And yet it is evident in your darkness
Too late, but with it's shining gleam

The only treasure I ever knew
Is now dulled
No longer precious to me

But only the stars in the sky will see
And in the morning
I hope it shall be blown away
A dead leaf lost in the breeze
But they like to be that way.
And nothing, no please, no questions
Not even noticing them slowly falling
And their colour fading

So far away.
And never to return again.
But yet so many, and you would have thought.
They would have made it, somehow, someday.