All alone
In this quiet little room
Silence floats around me
Like a giant shapeless cloud
That wound about the room
Never ceasing
All alone I am
Enduring this unresting peace
The silence of our world
The silence as the baby sleeps
And the silence as someone dies
I�ve endured many kinds of silence
The silence of mutes and mimes
And the woeful stillful kind
But the only one I can�t get over
Is the silence of my mind
Here in my head
I can speak out loud
There to everyone around me
I cannot
I am on the outside
Always looking in
Through all the closed glass windows
Forever surrounding me
All alone I am
Only with my thoughts
To occupy my time
Never having any friends
I�m always on my own
Looking in
I always try
To look outside
And be the one
On the inside
But it never works
Now forever and for always
I�ll be on the outside
Looking in
A long road awaits before me
The life I knew
Lies behind
And as I strode ahead
I didn�t stray my sight
The choices I made
They lead me here
To this one choice
Of left or right
I cannot choose
They look the same
But they both lead
To a different place
One I dare not go
This one choice
Lies before me
Though I cannot decide
I dare not turn back
If you
Were here in my place
I bet you would
Go down one way
But not I
I went down the road
Along the opposite way
On the road less traveled
And that has lead me here
Time
Time is something
That ticks by
Seconds
Minutes
Hours
Days
Years
In my life
Time is
Of the essence
In my life
Time does not exist
As I see
Everyone around me
Grow up
I see myself
As an outsider
An immortal being
Of no change
All those around me die
But indifferent I remain
The aching in my heart
Cannot be put to rest
It is all Father Time
And Sister Destiny�s doing
Sister makes me watch
The world change
Day by day
With Father Time
Allowing all those around me
To grow older
Physically
Mentally
Emotionally
Until their dying day
But I remain unchanged
I am death
I am black
Darker than midnight
Formed in time
Like a dagger
Poised to strike
With its venomous fangs
Black is all the fear and doubt
You feel from all things wrong
Black is all the pain you feel
From suffering and hate
That is me
Darker than obsidian
Quieter that silence
I am the poisoned dagger
Better known as death
For I am black
I am death
They grey of terror is immensely deep
You can see it beyond the dusty falls to the north
Hearken no eerie nightly noise
Do not stop to savor the taste of stale and dusty water in your parched mouth
Do not stop to relieve yourself of the agony you feel from lack of food
Can�t you smell the smoke rising to the east
Caused by the fear of the ancient ones
The terror I can smell radiating from you is immense
But do not fear death
Because no matter what
It will find you
Someday
Somehow
I�ll leave this place
And find an adventure again
One my horse I�ll ride
And save my kind
From a raging dragon again
But I�m stuck up here
In my lonesome lair
Ill and crippled
Unable to move
Away from my dreary bed
But I�ll find my adventure
Some other day
But whilst I wait
I can always dream
I am the Goddess
And I am the demon
I am the savior
But I am the failure
I am the ally
Yet I am the enemy
I am many things
The sword and the shield
Fire and water
But the only thing I�m not
Is me
I was falling
Falling through the stars
Never stopping
I was spinning
Spinning through the sky
Never ceasing
I was running
Running through the rain
Never slowing
I was falling
Falling from the heavens
Never stopping
Until I found you
