There is no life left here Just the hollow roar of emptiness These bitter bones tremble in the lonely howl of a barren soul Broken, withered to dust The shape of what once was What used to be but never again Charred shadows of the past Dried up and blown into memory Nothing left to give But to give up the ghost Put away the haunting Of what will never be Pull up the anchor from the shores of yesterday Float it away on a new day's current Press on, forward Ever forward into the breaking light Of something more