After Dark

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Forgotten memories blur back into your vision
The pen holds your hand late at night
Knowing full well that alone
It knows the truth
Broken glasses speak of regretted 'I miss you’s
And the walls hold their breaths in
Apprehension that they’ll shake the wire
That a tense serenity treads on
Smells like you were hoping
To wash that taste of goodbye away
Don’t bet your hopes on another drink
'cause it’ll return much quicker than you think
The morning makes its march across the sky
And soon what’s left won’t be able to hide
Been indulging yourself in a loving evil
And with open arms you welcome the absence
Desperation lulls you to sleep late at night
And once again you’ve lost yourself in the dark
The dark
A faceless presence imprisons you in your dreams
A restless rest
Your eyelids flicker an unspoken life
Through the seams of a broken shadow
Looks like you were trying to
Escape from time’s unrelenting brigade
Don’t let yourself be fooled
Your tactics won’t last
As the morning reaps the temporary
And the daylight calls with no answer
And all that’s left is you
No more will you hide behind your demons
You see the morning make its march across the sky
And soon what’s left will all fade into light
Gradually cower into your receding shadow;
You hesitate to give it away
Struggling to keep yourself while still trying to lose yourself;
There’s nothing left to do
But surrender to the day
Just wait, just wait
And surrender, surrender
'Till it’s dark again