Grieving for what’s not yet gone
Crippled by the fear of loss
Clouds form, the wind of change
Or just another draught?
Living as if all of time will wait for me
As if I am all that will exist

No dread
No fear
No agency
Will we remember the lesson
Paradoxical lucidity
Will we realise only too late
That this is all we have

As you walk out the door
Into a blinding grey
You’ll take a part of me,
Just as I will carry you
Both of us, never to be known again
Innocence’s tight embrace relaxes
As I wave goodbye to youth
In slow motion
Against my will
I’m forced to wave goodbye to you

It’s all gone and it’s not coming back
I can’t afford to kill time when time is killing me

Slow it all down and take a look around
The door opens
Take a second glance
You’ll never get a second chance

Do you see me as you once did?
I’m wading through this hurt
The world is flying by and fading faster still
A conduit fading but with so much still to give and take
It’s later than you think
It’s later than you think

Fallen out of touch with life
I let it get away from me
Before I count to one
Don’t take it all away from me
To live in the moment
Still seems a dream
All I can change is me
All I can do is love

Tapping on the glass
Knocking on the front door
Trying to find a present moment
Are you going to go home
Or will you sit yourself down
Hoping on the off chance
A light will come on

When the sun shines behind the clouds
I see it clearer than I ever could before
I feel its warmth gently touch my face
And while I’m sitting here with you
I know it’s not the end of the world