Erin (Part 1 of This World)

Written in 2002

 

I’m here

Walking among the people

Yet I am all alone

In this cold dark world

Out of the darkness a faint light

Shows upon my dreary face

The closer I get

The brighter the light gets

Blinding my dilated eyes

Stepping fully into the light

Feeling your warmth upon my cold skin

I gaze upon your face

And weep at the sight of your beauty

Trembling I start to approach you

My paralyzed tongue handicaps my words

With my inability to speak

You turn and begin to walk away

I reach for you

And catch nothing but air inside my hand

I step, with my unsteady legs and fall to the ground, weeping

As you walk away the light and warmth fades

Leaving me cold, and alone

In the darkness of this world

Regaining my speech I shout

“PLEASE…STOP…Come back to me, don’t leave me”

But it is too late

You are gone