Like a Dying Ember

After all the tears that have rained

And just when you thought you purged the pain

The darkness of the night leaves you insane

Do you think you can endure the strain?

After that shadowy midnight hour

Like a wilted bouquet of flowers

Even poison can taste so sweet and sour

Here comes another nocturnal shower,

The dance of phantoms in the night

While in your dreams you hold her tight

Suddenly waking up you feel the fright

The phantom in your dreams has left your sight,

Memories the best method of torture you know

You’re walking wounded you better travel slow

Those scars of love you don’t want them to show

Like a dying ember that continues in the darkness to glow,

Please tell how you could do this to me?

Did I shackle you and keep you from being free?

You love inflicting pain could that be the key?

Why can’t I erase you from my foolish memory?

When all the souls lost at sea wash up upon the shore

Will you realize what you did this for?

Perhaps you could have given a little more

What do I ask these questions for?