Lost

                                                                                                                                                     As I lie in the darkness                                         Discarded and cold                                      I can feel the scavengers                                         picking at my skin.                                       Unconcerned are they,                                    for they cannot taste my sins.                                                  -                                        As I look behind me                                        I can see the others,                                   carcasses, lying cold and empty                                       Just as I am soon to be.                                                  -                                 As the venom that was once her love                                   flows slowly through my veins.                                    I still have hope that she will                                         return to me again.                                                  -                                         With hope still alive                                     I look forward up the road                                 but she is swallowed by the darkness                                   Looking for her next encounter.                                                  -                                     It's not the loss of love that                                    causes the slow death within                                  But the swiftness and the coldness                                            of the deed.                                                  -                                      For there was no reason                                      For there was no closure                                            Just release.                                      And therefore I still hope.                                                  -                                        But now the darkness                                           overwhelms me                                         and the emptiness                                              is final.                                                                                                                                             Copyright  1999