In the time of scattering
the pieces of a life
When all your world is shattering
from misery and strife
Your shadows flee from sunshine
in the glory of the day
While darkness steals the colors
from the words you try to pray

In the time of broken dreams
and life lived out of sync
Where all that’s left are fragments
and the twisted way you think
There’s little left to realize
and not too much to say
About the sum feelings
that have surely slipped away

Your wishes all evaporate
like fire will surely burn
As hours quickly pass until
the point of no return
The silence of the darkness
in the stillness as you wait
Is changing all your hate to love
and all your love to hate

Seconds flash like bullets fly
and mix into the fray
Melt in mindless minutes
merging with the restless day
Frantic hours on the cusp
of finding who you are
Days go by like airplanes
and the years like shooting stars

The time you’ve lost will not return
as you shut off the light
You can’t retrieve the past
as all your dreams rush out of sight
For stepping into fear
like snakes uncoiling the unknown
Will take you to a place that you
can finally call your home

The time of fasting from the food
for thoughts and empty words
Has left you craving music played
with melodies absurd
While streaming lines play out a sound
that’s soft as solemn silk
They’re sweet as honey flash like fire
and white as mother’s milk

Choking out excuses until
there’s nothing more to say
Can’t get past yourself
as all your options slip away
Lurking at the point where you
can call your pain a friend
No relief from hurt and grief
as you move toward the end

Weighing on your conscience
like an anvil on your chest
Taking precious breaths away
and mocking you at best
Say goodbye and drift off to
the place where you will find
All the dreams and schemes
you’ve gathered in your crowded mind

Can’t control the steps you take
to hide the life you lead
People know but never show you
as they watch you bleed
In the time of dying
there’s a moment when you find
The truth of all the hurtful things
you thought you left behind

TM DiSarro

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