SHATTERED DREAMS    

ALL THE PAIN, THE SUFFERING

STILL NOT GONE, LIKE IT WAS TODAY

BUT YESTERDAY HAS COME AND GONE.

THE HEART ACHE LIKE THE

RIP THAT IS STILL BEING PULLED APART BUT HOW COULD THIS BE,

SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED.

I UNDERSTAND TIME HAS NO PLACE IN THIS LOST,

SOMETHING HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM ME.

MY HEART, MY SOUL,

MYSELF HAS BEEN CAGED IN.

THE PROMISES OF SHARED DREAMS, PROMISES OF FOREVER

LOVE AND HONESTY RIPPED AWAY, BETRAYAL AND ANGER

TOOK OVER AND A NEED TO HURT, BECAME THE POWER

SELF DESTRUCTION CAME OUT AHEAD

AND LOVE WAS LEFT BEHIND, HE MOVED ON,

NEVER ONCE THOUGHT, WHAT HE HAD TOOK FROM ME.

MY LOVE IS STILL STRONG AND THE HURT, PRETENDED NOT TO BE,

AND THE PAIN HAS OVER TAKEN ME, CHANGED ME.

THOUGHTS OF DYING

BEFORE MY TIME,

HAS ENTERED MY MINE,

HOW HAS THIS COME TO BE.

ALL THE PAIN, THE SUFFERING

STILL NOT GONE, LIKE IT WAS TODAY

BUT YESTERDAY HAS COME AND GONE.

DEDICATED TO: LOVE

07/16/96