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"Now That It's Over..."
Now that it's over how do I survive?
My goal is to make it - just through the night.
Sleepless days have taken their toll...
As I hide in darkness, eating my soul.
I look in the mirror and see sunken eyes.
I hate you for leaving and for your lies;
I hate myself for not hanging on,
but I did announce when all hope was gone.
Someone help me, I'm wading through tears.
Someone break into my cavern of fear;
Pull me back out now, into the light.
Alone I just don't have the strength left to fight.
Now that it's over what good are my dreams?
I'd like to reclaim them, but now it seems -
They have been lost in the void of my heart;
There's no use wishing for the future to start.
I'd change it all if there were only a way...
But I seem to be destined to pay.
Time was against us, the waters so high;
There are no survivors when love has died.
I look out the window as couples pass by.
That shine will never be back in my eye.
Nothing else matters, wrong as that seems;
Pain's all-consuming; What's left with no dreams?
Now that it's over, I just can't say good-bye.
Can't leave the shadows, can't even try.
I sit here cursing myself and my tears;
I hear Death's whisper; It pleases my ear.
© Barry Veinotte
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