Lament for Lost Dreams

I woke up one day,

And didn't know whence I came.

I looked back one day,

And nothing spoke my name.

I saw myself from afar,

And could not comprehend.

I felt a throbbing scar,

And knew it would never mend.

I beheld the path behind me,

And the weeds were growing tall.

I looked where my footsteps should be,

But there was nothing there at all.

I knelt down without a sound,

Feeling the emptiness inside.

I buried my face in the ground,

Screaming silently to stem the tide.

I will cry out into the night,

And let my anguish die away.

I will thrust my agony aside,

To prepare for a new day.

In this moment my strength failed,

I was falling through the ground.

In the distance my soul wailed,

All my parts became unbound.

In this moment I felt strong,

I could see me inside out.

And my soul it came along,

So effacing my pitch-dark bout.

I cried for what was not meant to be,

A last tribute to lost dreams.

I had to leave behind my effigy,

And with it bury all my screams.

I turned around and looked straight on,

Aware of the crossroads up ahead.

I felt my fear the first time gone,

And saw a future for me to tread.

I will cry out into the night,

And let my anguish die away.

I will thrust my agony aside,

To prepare for a new day.