Here I Lay

Storm Clouds

I remember the exact second the sun fell out of the sky
The exact moment I lost the light within my eyes
The uneasy feeling that settled deep within my bones
The unwelcome misery that followed me home

I couldn't understand how I let this happen
How the flowers wilted with my pain
How the weeks only felt like days
And how I, myself, had faded

I should've seen the signs
Listened to the weatherman that morning
Taken someone else's warning
I doubt it would've saved me from what was coming

The rain hit harder this time
Like cold, heavy knives across my skin
The wind whispered to me softly
That this would be the end

In the middle of that sidewalk
With rosy, bright cheeks
I breathed in the storm clouds overhead
And they left me there for dead