No Longer Needed Anymore

As night shadows crawl across the floor

The realization that you’re not needed anymore,

The dew glistens on the grass

The lonely hours slowly pass

The locusts descend in mass

Memories of my love, such a young lass,

A flash of bitterness My God just let it pass

Little girl you’re much too young to sass

The sea of tears is much too vast

When it all becomes too much I reach for the flask,

As night shadows crawl across the floor

The realization that you’re not needed anymore,

In the midnight hour comes a knock at my door

A question in my mind, “What is this life for?”

I’m so sorry Mam for being such a bore

Remembering she used to complain because I snore,

The welcome rain that falls

Upon the roof of all the dying malls

In light of the few heroes left who stand tall

The ghosts of warriors who patrol the Great Wall,

As night shadows crawl across the floor

The realization that you’re not needed anymore,

All those words whispered inside your head

Your soul feeling heavily weighted down with lead

Unlike the wings of a butterfly that have spread

Thinking of the mouths of the hungry who need to be fed,

No longer needed anymore

Like rotted driftwood by the shore

Living in the midst of evil minions by the score

Dreaming of a love I can adore.