Hoping to shield myself from the pain,
Standing in shadows while friendships fly,
The world changes while I stay the same.
Passages of time and paths untaken,
the turning earth wakes me; shaken.
Desert shifts sand by sand.
I stand watching the changing land.
In darkening shadows of ageless time,
Destined to live without living.
To die and not die.
Learning the secrets of this earth
From its death to its rebirth.