where are you now

while I'm here alone?

surrounded by ghosts

haunted by my fears



where are you now

when here is where you should be?

wrapped in my arms

holding close what is dear to me



alone

trapped inside my fears-

walls taller than the eyes' reach

wider than the mind's belief

terror runs its icy fingers along my body

my head spins,

my heart pounds -

when will it end?



darkness falls

like a soft blanket

deceiving me with its warmth

and false comfort

it keeps out the light

but fails to keep out the pain

it brings with it a silence -

that shatters the noise in my mind

leaving shards of emptiness

ripping through my heart

when will it end?



left hiding behind the shadows

of what was once my life

i reach for you -

call out your name



where are you now

when I'm left broken

empty and afraid?

where are you now

while I'm here alone?