Is It Time I Ask Myself…

 

 Is it time I ask myself

Time to finally draw the curtain down

And bid the yearning goodbye

And resettle whichever way into the old life

 

Is it time to remove those tints

Those crimson hues that have coloured

Every single breath that I take

And have flowed liberally through my veins

 

How long can I continue to yearn

And keep telling myself that it matters not

When just beneath the surface

In my empty aloneness I keep bleeding freely

 

Is it time I ask myself

To gather myself and finally stand erect

To let fall those arms

That have been for so long outstretched

 

The pain is unbearable

The gathering of crumbs heartbreaking

How long can I sing my songs

For now my voice is hoarse and aching

 

You still offer friendship so clearly

And always have; but my heart won’t hear

That our worlds will remain apart

And with me you can just share a tiny part

 

So is it time I ask myself

Time to shut the chapter

Perhaps mark it with a feather

And store the volume on a shelf, far beyond reach

 

Is it time I ask myself?

 

 ~Horizon~

28th Sept 2004

 

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