I swim through the roses
Blooming among the dying
Leaving the stars behind me
Taking a harsher path.

Life is nothing but a lover
Doesn’t last after all
The only love that matters
Is the one we leave behind.

Suppose for just one second
Or perhaps a minute more will do
That hope is only beauty
When it burns a mark in you.

Time to continue on
For another night  
But how do flowers grow
In the winter’s shadows?