Everything Important?

Step by step, day by day
Everything important fades away
As if this is what I need
As if this is what I want
what other choices do I have though?

The feelings I should feel have frozen.
Nothing left,
But the aching numbness of constant heartbreak
The paths my heart has chosen,
Leaving a road of it's own catastrophic quake.
Nothing left,
Except for the lingering feelings of love.

Happiness seems so close by.
Though I am never able to keep it in my grasp.
All things near and dear,
Within a locket, sealed shut with a brawny clasp.
My memories, my laughter, my smile, my life.
Everything important ripped away, with a last gasp.
I am gone.

Step by step, day by day
Everything important fades away
As if this is what I need
As if this is what I want
What other choices do I have though?