Bewildering thoughts course through my mind<BR>Of careless neglect of yours entwined<BR>Stripped bare to fall like autumn leaves<BR>The tree, which is my life, slowly dies<BR>Wretched thoughts of abandonment pervade<BR>No voice to hear, nor skin to touch<BR>No scent to smell, nor lips to taste<BR>Where is she who once held me close?<BR>Why does she not feel as I once did any longer?<BR>In clueless ecstasy I now trod<BR>No one to come home to<BR>No more smiles to see<BR>Even in the mirror when I look at me<BR>Empty and forgotten at least it's familiar<BR>That's my life now and how I feel<BR>Another day dies and one day closer<BR>One more day I was alone<BR>Pity?<BR>Not really<BR>Give up?<BR>Not likely <BR>Waiting to love again is painful<BR>Not so much for the waiting or wanting<BR>More for the fear of loosing it again once it's found<BR>So do you harden the heart to prevent the pain?<BR>Or do you risk the injury that is so unwanted?<BR>Simple truths misplaced<BR>Lies told anew<BR>With the end a new beginning<BR>And with a beginning, the beginning of the end<BR>