And so it is

You're fading from me. The light is fading, the candle nearly burned. Oh, it's just flickering against the thick black night. Soon the darkness will be here and the long cold winter. I only pray that I'll truly say "let it be", but it's so hard to just. let. go. The remembering is difficult, but the forgetting is worse.

They say heartbreak is painful, have you felt that? The pain in your chest, at the thought of times passed or of memories lost, the tightened grip squeezing your heart threatening to cease the beating life force. Don't wish for it, but like it or not, it will find you. No experience has been more difficult, not broken me more, nor brought me to my knees in full surrender of my hopes and dreams than this....

It is. It is really over and will never be again.

Never. Be. Again.
Never. Be. Again.
Never. Be. Again.

Those words drive a thousand knives into my heart...

But here I am. The world is still turning. Somehow, life goes on and by no effort of my own it just goes. It's just not the same as it was; a new puzzle of an even newer nature, but this time the pieces have at least quadrupled and I haven't found the corner pieces yet. If I could understand you better, life, we'd probably be great friends - maybe I just need to get to know you. You're kind of an asshole tho, so hopefully you have a good explanation one of these days. For your sake.

So, I'll walk through the streets and smile at the lone passersby. No words, just a smile. That's all I have for you world. I don't have a lot left to say, but I think you'll appreciate this. I've said too much already. I've put you down, criticized you harshly, insulted, flattered and despised you. Yes, the time has come to hold my peace, yet I will leave my peace to the Universe to absorb; my tears, my breath, my innermost fears, my love and the unspoken stillness in my heart. The spoken word pales next to the emotional expression of a melody or the light shining from your eyes. Why compete with perfection?

Smiles and music.

Yep, sounds about right.




...just really wish you were here... sigh