Poetry

Witnessing another side of life 
Feeling it in my bones 
Remembering what I left behind 
Didn’t ask to die alone 

Want to forget I keep on dying 
a little more every day 
but in winds of fate, no denying 
The toll we all got to pay 

This body, a wilting flower 
Will I rise to see the dawn? 
Clock ticks toward witching hour 
With so much undone
  
Released from this limbo world 
a light shines through the doorway 
Shades of this passing side show
fade into the rain

Pouring myself some burgundy wine 
Into this cup of bitterness 
A couple sips to quiet this troubled mind 
Into sweet forgetfulness 

Promise me just one last dance 
I’m feeling a second wind
Begging for a second chance 
Need to tie up some loose ends 

This dance is leaving me breathless
Raise that bar a little more
Don’t feed me to the wine press
Got to get back to where I was before
 
Released from this limbo world 
a light shines through the doorway 
Shades of this passing side show
fade into the rain
 
Fading into the rain...