A fire burning in my heart,
Lightning coursing through my veins,
Soccer brings a fury forth,
My soul cannot contain.

Feel what it is to lose it all,
Like singers mute, or painters blind,
The song dissolves, and dancers fall,
Just a hollow shell left behind.

Helpless hope gives both joy and pain,
Abandon me, embrace the void,
Please end this farce, begin again,
Drink from Lethe, memory destroyed.

Ochre dawn spills, laughing, off tender flesh.
Last fading sigh, echo of passion's fire.

A lonely ache knocks at the door to my heart, trembling inside I hide and ignore it,
A bright smile locks it out, "Go away" is replaced by "I'm fine",
Melancholy sinks deep its hidden roots, shame, guilt and loneliness, festers quietly,
It doesn't ever fully go away, I just learn how to hide it better.

Ahead the path branches, I know not the way,
But I must choose now, no more can I stay,
I fear the unknown, but cannot go back,
It all lies ahead, not far down the track,
Childhood is over, I will not say no,
Adulthood beckons, it's past time to go.

Sunken sunlight fades, leaking gold,
Dappled shadows cast, dips and dells,
Greenery wrought grey, primeval,
Crisp and still whispers, secrets kept.

Within arching sky, cold tears fall,
Ponderous clouds glow, high above,
Glistening crescent, heralds night,
Chaos of umbra, caught ablaze.

Shimmer scaled sea, cobalt cold,
Encroaching absence, losing bright,
Black ascendancy, the end shade,
Distant lights ignite, dark flowers bloom.