"Memory"
When I turn around to see you there,
Your shadow fades like smoke.
The dream that lived behind my eyes
Died eagerly when I awoke.
When I reach out to you in blindness,
Your warmth was just one more fantasy.
The lingering traces that disappear
Of what now I see as memory.
When I call to you without an answer,
Echoes fill these empty walls.
The silence that seems so ever-lasting
Is a reminder that never worked at all.
When I remember how you used to be,
I can see us happy once again,
But the reality I'm faced with every day
Remind me we will never be the way we were then.
Your shadow fades like smoke.
The dream that lived behind my eyes
Died eagerly when I awoke.
When I reach out to you in blindness,
Your warmth was just one more fantasy.
The lingering traces that disappear
Of what now I see as memory.
When I call to you without an answer,
Echoes fill these empty walls.
The silence that seems so ever-lasting
Is a reminder that never worked at all.
When I remember how you used to be,
I can see us happy once again,
But the reality I'm faced with every day
Remind me we will never be the way we were then.