Embers To Ashes

The season melts
As the leaves catch fire,
Scorching and burning.
All these hopes,
These dreams,
Lost to flickering flames,
Reduced to glowing embers,
And now,
Left on my own,
Alone in a field, empty except for the ash,
Choking on our dreams,
And what we could've been.

Brief, like a candle, like a life,
The season shifts again,
Frost creeps into nearly frozen hearts,
All the waiting, this is when it starts.
That crisp scent as snow falls,
And the soft stinging cold comes,
Replacing the smell of burning flesh,
Dying love, and smoldering ash.
I'm freezing here,
Trapped on the outside,
Waiting,
Left on my own,
Alone in a field, empty excluding ice,
Choking on our dreams,
And what we could've been.

I'm choking on our dreams,
And what we could've been.
Longing for that future,
That one you promised me.

And I'm choking on our dreams,
On all the things we could have been,
I've been left here on my own,
And I'm oh so alone,
Waiting to find the courage,
To break out and say,
Darling, I miss you,
Please, can't you stay?