Walking along this empty street
The sky is clouded, foggy and gray
This barren wasteland holds no joy
And I can find no words to say.
I’m not quite sure why I can’t confide
In my friends or in my peers
I’m sure it has a lot to do
With shedding all these tears.
On my left is a broken mirror
To my right is a dead end park
The reflection I see in the glass
The expression is deeper than just dark.
My smile, it has come and gone
I walk alone and think on this phase
These new changes will never falter
They’ve been set in stone for days.
My friends are fading away
Forgetting what’s going on
I wish to explain that this fight
Was between kings and pawns.
It’s painful enough to feel this way
I don’t need always for them to remind
This hollow shell, this broken heart
Of what’s being left behind.
I know I’m loved by those whom I have here
I know they care deeply for me
But their words could make a flower cry
What we wish can never be.
I wish that I didn’t have to go
My heart is heavy – my face is stone
Words can’t change this event
And we must reap what we have sown.
But as I awake from this slumber of day
And consider a thought for a while
My walk has turned into a run
As I decide to find my smile.