When the wondrous rounds of applause fades When thinning crowds turn their backs and slink away When it’s your time to call it a day In the blackest of the nights You know you are alone, just the way you arrived When weary eyes long to be shut tight And a dull ache spreads across your chest When you don’t care enough to pretend And cast aside the well worn mask You know you’re alone, just the way you’ve been When you shut the world out and remain inside Content with little remnants of a life gone by When the thrills of achievement and the joys of living Seem hollow as words of empty praise You know you’re alone, and you like it more When you know you cannot win In that one last race against time Wake up to a day that really counts Maybe you could pull out a surprise Face it, you’re all alone. There’s no rewind, no looking back The clock ticks on, going on and on Round and round, time after time The circle of life, unwinds Alone you came, and alone you will go.
By Bittersweet
Label: Poems |