Everything Fades Away

Silhouettes loom in the corridors

Like ghosts in the corners of my mind

This walk is never ending;

In search of a path that I'll never find.

Meant to live, meant to breathe

This world is a perfect place to hide,

The mechanical life goes on

With reality, some dreams don't collide.

For once this bleary town

Had looked so different that night

Blood sang out of me from nowhere

Had never felt so alive.

Its still good to have  memories

A slow smile creeping up at low tide

Soon swallowed by waves of emptiness

Seasoned with self-pride.

Want to wake up kicking screaming,

Imbibe each drop till I burst with life

Hollow, brain-dead, broken

But the spirit refuses to die.

Whats not meant to be, will never be

No matter what you feel, do or say;

Once again I learn my lesson

Everything fades away.