Closer to DeathEveryday I come closer to death
Gasping for air with every breath
The cold reality of all my fears
Tears me down and moves me to tears
It has always been hard for me
Maybe something you could not see
Solitude a cunning friend
Crafting the means to a lonely end
Darkness ConfinedI seek the place
Where the Autumn breeze blows
Where the leaves have fallen
Painting the ground in gold
I seek the place
Where the horizon is grey
Where the light reflects
Darkness EverlastingThe sun peered through the clouds
In an otherwise colourles sky
I looked around and took in the beauty
For I knew this moment was mine...
Now that I am back here again
I feel somehow disappointed
Things don't feel the same
Darkness ReflectedA great darkness fell
Bringing forth great sorrow
The light slowly fades
Draping the world in shadow
A darkness beyond dark
Impenetrable and bleak
Like a being of its own
In silence gently seeps
EmotionlessA black banner
the groaning winds
a distant time
a forgotten path
Vast indifference
Dolorous hope
A treacherous mask
HauntedAs the Earth opened and swallowed her body
As the sky came down and hid my tears
As my soul turned black and darkness swallowed me
As the red leaves fell to the cold, wet ground
The ghost of her memory
In all that I see
I gaze into the water
In the EmptinessI dreamt of you again
Arm in arm we walked
We laughed and we smiled
Oh what a beautiful girl
I held you close to me
I dared not let you go
Time was a forgotten word
IsolationI know of a place
Not far from here
Where the world fades away
and everything is silent
A place of surreal beauty
I often go there
and I isolate myself
Resignation
Living a life such as mine
Is it living at all
Pain, sorrow and misery
The only constants I know
In the void of my soul
There is nothing left to give
The Demons Therein
I thought I slew them all
But they surround me
In the dead of night
Whispering their intentions
Into my weakening ears
So dark and so cruel
They bring me down
The Light Which No Longer Shines
I find myself reflecting
more often these days
Lost deep within myself
I can’t seem to escape this
The light that shines
Has finally died
The Shadows FollowThe shadows follow me
They hold me within their grasp
Hiding me from hungry eyes
I’m a silhouette of a man
Forgotten before I’m ever known
Dying as I live my life
It is lonely here in this darkness
I try and sleep the pain away
These Doleful Shades
The solitude is silent and complete
I've never felt more alone…
The darkness growing inside of me
Weighs heavy upon my heart
A cool breeze touches my face
Reminding me that I'm still alive
Unearth My Sorrow
The darkness grows
Unearthing my sorrow
The light fades
Leaving doleful shades
The silent cries
Hopelessness inside my eyes
Wither AwayDespite what they say, time cannot heal every wound
And when you were taken from me, I lost everything
All reason for existence, all reason for anything at all
Dark clouds formed, masking the warmth of summer
The leaves began to wither away and die
I could never again face the light of the sun
Never again would I visit the place where we danced
Without You
I can't see
The tears... they blind me
I can't scream
The silence deafening
I can't sleep
The pain runs too deep
I can't feel