Stripped away
from inspiration
the road grows long
left without words
the only thing known
has gone
          away

Missing times
  since past
    only for
what they could give
what they did bring

Unrecorded trials
falling into place
left to be forgotten

The distance from the one
the one who could bring
grows ever shorter
  on this trying road
but what was taken
can never be
                    returned

Upon reflection
knowledge of never reaching
        never attaining
a life without

As close now
as the world allows
dying hands reach
         for life
the life far from

To touch the fingers
that had brought
a simple wish
  to feel
            again

Steps lead to doors
and questions follow
questions of the past
              the future

Why so far away
sounds left dying
                 here
never to be heard again
the sight never seen
an unknown paradise

Love gone
as the bird flies
miles between
separate lives
   move on

Marked with the loss
the loss of heart
left somewhere past
inspirations fled
to Autumn leaves

Only halfway through
the lights dim
      leaving home
but the words will follow

Words unspoken and left unknown
gone with the past
afraid to follow
   into the future
left behind
      somewhere before

The burning cities call
far apart
beckoning for return
a calling home
        never seen