Autumn’s Leaving

Time alone:

a memory,

a fantasy…

…it swirls in darkest night.

Tenacious grasp

on passion’s past…

…the world was daily bright.

What went wrong?

What caused this song?

A maudlin ballad sight.

A clash of wills

and different still

was your unending fight.

I know I failed.

I know I lost.

I know a lot of things,

except the cost.

Does all the time we spent amount to nothing?

I wish it was enough to say “I love you.”

I wish it was enough to know I care.

We could have shared the whole wide world together.

It’s hard to not feel that it’s not fair.

I know this life’s not to last forever,

and I know it’s filled with pain and fear,

but I thought we’d face the trials together…

…I thought that you’d be here.

Remember when we loved each other?

Remember when we were apart?

Remember times I longed to see you?

Remember voices in the dark?

Those days have ended,

and new days come,

but I thought love

would be the sum.

A product of one of one is one,

multiplying unity is more than none.

I hold out hope,

you smash it down.

You call it a cross

but I call it a crown.

I pour out my heart

you turn it upside down.

You try to stop the flow

because you don’t want the crown.

Is my affection so unaffecting?

I wish it was enough to say “I love you.”

I wish it was enough to know I care.

We could have shared the whole wide world together.

It’s hard to not feel that it’s not fair.

I know this life’s not to last forever,

and I know it’s filled with pain and fear,

but I thought we’d face the trials together…

…I thought that you’d be here.