The Battle

20 April 2004

Darkness shades the amber eyes
Hiding them from view
Draping over shallow lies
Snaking toward you

Light caresses moments lost
Now, only dear to heart
Feelings covered over; frost
It is only now to start

Sentiments that once were new
Now broken and betrayed
Whisked away and up they flew
Now withered and decayed

Fall has come and the colors fade
Flowers die; then go away
All creations, that had God made
Decompose 'til another day

All is gone, and nothing left
Darkness seeks its entrance
The land is barren and bereft
All sunshine in the distance

Clouds that cover hopes and prayers
Darken joyous laughs
Rains above like dismal tears
Afloat the somber rafts

Eyes downcast and bleeding free
Shoulders slumped in grim defeat
Cuts and scrapes from head to knee
All signs and scars of being beat

The war is over; now to succumb
The moon must rise; there's no more sun
The body's empty; cold and numb
There's no more fight; Depression won

Tanya LeeAnn