the muffled sound of momentum on carpet,
a gentle breeze caresses the flowing curtains,
and there it is:
soft beams of moonlight,
scattering glimpses of light on the ground
making me
                                         dance,
                          twirl,
                         ­           sing,
                              live
             ­                                      *love

you've left
and all my memories are now fading
fading and fading
as if they are sand castles
remnants of happiness and strength
with the relentless waves clawing
clawing and clawing
until there is nothing left but a blank slate
only there for me to fill up once again

Stop everything and leave
Stop time and make everything pause
I need a break

This mad world...
It's driving me crazy
They are driving me crazy

I need him to stop
I need her to stop
I just need everyone to stop

We all have to stop being so selfish
We all have to stop being so cruel
We all have to stop being so ugly

Ugly on the inside,
Pretty on the outside,
The world's a mess

We need to stop
Have kindness and care
No more evil and ugliness in our hearts

**stop

what have you done to me?
i'm so different
from who i used to be

what have you done to me?
i've changed so much
and the whole world can see

what have you done to me?
i'm locked in your chains
and now all i want is to be free

what have you done to me?
maybe we'll be better off without each other
don't you agree?

what have you done to me?
i'm completely trapped
and now i have nowhere to flee

what have you done to me?
i've lost myself in this crazy, wild love
and i'm drifting into oblivion at sea

what have you done to me?
i need to get out
oh, can't you hear my pleas?

what have you done to me?
i don't know who i am anymore
and my sense of self has turned into debris

she lies on his lap,
looking up into
his eyes.

he strokes her hair,
looking up into the
night sky.

she mumbles softly, "please
don't leave me. i need
you."


*silence.

you could have tried to keep us together
tried to keep us together for the sake of happiness
tried to keep us together even if our love was wrong
you could have taken all the chances i gave you
taken all the chances i gave you after you left me repeatedly
taken all the chances i gave you even after you hurt me
you could have left me with better memories
left me with better memories that don't cause tears
left me with better memories that even you would want to look back on
you could have realized how much i loved you
realized how much i loved you and all of your flaws
realized how much i loved you even though you didn't love me back
you could have given me a warning
given me a warning of how much pain you were going to cause
given me a warning even if this was how you wanted to leave

you could have at least said goodbye*

but you didn't
and you could have.

In whispers I hear the voices of past

So very loud once, I thought they would last

In shadows I see the loved ones I knew

But the clearest of all is the shadow of you

I can still feel your touch, with eyes closed and mind still

As if heaven allows my heart now to fill

The gift of your love was so strong but so brief

The love in my heart has turned now to grief