IT WOULD BE TOO EASY

TO WELCOME THE DARKNESS IN

THE WARMTH OF NOTHINGNESS

ITS COMFORT, SO INVITING

ONE STEP FROM THE VOID

FEAR AND ANGER SURFACE

IN THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

MEMORIES OF HOW THINGS CAME TO BE

SO FRACTURED AND DEFORMED

THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN

A FIERY SEA OF CRIMSON RAGE

ALL THOSE NIGHTS OF SORROW

YOUR VOICE COULD HAVE ASSUAGED

WHERE WERE YOU?

ALL OF THE TIMES I NEEDED YOU

AND YOU KNEW

THAT THIS WOULD BE YOUR CHANCE TO PROVE

A FINAL WARNING GIVEN

BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO NO AVAIL

DARKNESS CLOUDS AROUND ME

AS TRAGEDY PREVAILS

WITH ONE SWIFT MOVE

THE DEED IS DONE

WAITING NOW, ALONE

FOR THE LAST EBB TO FLOW

THE FLOWERS LONG SINCE WITHERED

ALL THE SWANS TURNED LOOSE

AS NIGHT CREEPS IN TO MEET ME

I BID FAREWELL TO THOSE I KNEW...