Requiem

My world is ending,
My life's gone astray.
I don't know where to go
Without you showing the way.

Fear, rage and madness
Flavor the air.
I can't deny what's before me
As the truth is laid bare.

They tell me you're gone.
They tell me you're dead.
The words swirl around me
But I can't hear what's said.

My grief lays so bitter
And harsh on my lips
As the lash of my guilt
Torments and whips.

I can't feel the wind
Nor the touch of the sun.
Our day has ended
And the long night begun.

The light has gone out,
All the colors are fading.
My soul's almost gone.
All that's left is the waiting.

My path is uncertain,
The future's unknown.
I'll do what I must
Though I'll do it alone.

And when my life's over,
As all lives must end,
I shall once more at last
Be with you, my friend.

the end
22 May 1998