When I'm alone
In the quiet of the night,
The clock by my bed,
The time ticking by,
Tick...tick...tick...
I feel more alone then ever,
Yet a figure lurks beside,
A shade of a missing half,
A lost puzzle piece.
Tick...tick...tick...
So I lie alone,
My solitary breath,
Torn from lungs with gasping hope,
To wake no longer bereft.
Tick...tick...tick...
And when I am alone,
I find I'm not myself.
I think harsh things and so my heart does tear,
Limb, from limb, from limb.
Tick...tick...tick...
I need my foundation,
My shelter from the storm,
My knight who fights the bitter thoughts,
And dispels them from my head.
Tick...tick...tick...
And so I spend the sleepless nights,
The aching, longing, hours.
Each second lasts eternity,
An eternity alone.
Tick...tick...tick...
I know that that will not always be the case,
But till the day when the darkness sets,
And sunlight rules the time,
I find my thoughts alone with me,
More often than I'd like.
Tick...tick...tock.
