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our mutual promises, they scattered dimly
taking the long road...leaving that world of youth
such bright hopes... once seen in her eyes
are now just an afterglow of what might have been.

I have found another life... far away from there
where the sun doesn't always shine... clouded vision is mine
where there is no warmth... my heart has felt such coldness
for it was her who fed the fires within.

a full moon slowly rising over my shoulder...
but I must not pause in my journey to take a look back
except should I want to feel the pain of losing again
the perpetual changing of seasons only serves to mark the time apart.

lost in the millions... like a distant fading star in the randomness
stopping for a moment...obscure in the crowd with my heart in my hands
penning another contemplation with words that have no home
I am rejection... a lost lover... I have written so many verses.

finally, farewell?...to all I thought I knew would last
goodbye?... sweet love... I should not linger here anymore
I would turn this page, if I could... but this chapter is bookmarked in my memory
as I once again scan the fine print for a way to forget.