Every Night

Every night I collect,

One more fragment,

From a broken dream.

One more lesson,

From a growing heap.

One more act of forgiveness,

One more prayer of love.

Heart beats in the silence,

Unsaid stories of hurts and fears,

Tender hopes of reassurance,

Tranquil moments in the moonlight.

Memories glow like a candle,

That keep out the darkness

Of the cold, solitary night.

Not many stars show up in the night nowadays,

Not more hearts that weep.

Eyes do not brim with honest tears,

No more wounds that run deep.

We have all learnt to steel ourselves,

In a world of crumbling emotions,

We build less bridges, more walls.

I often forget the lessons you taught me,

That one could spend a lifetime;

Believing half truths and empty words,

That one may get so used to masks,

That reality itself may shatter,

The fragile layer of illusion;

We have chosen to live under.

Everywhere I went, I carried your shadow

A part of me, but never mine;

Never a companion, I was always alone;

But I do not turn back anymore.

It's just something that I've known,

A world of make believe that,

I chose to leave a lifetime ago.