Fading

I have no words

No life left

it hurts so much inside

My mind’s a mirror that’s cracked up

My emotions have nowhere to hide

I am to tired to smile

But still, I’ll joke and I’ll laugh

to keep you all from rotting

from my pains,

from my path

I have nothing left

I am broken

I give up

I won’t even try

I’ll sit

I’ll sigh

cracked and all used up.

And though try again,

I really wish I could

A voice will push onwards

I should?

No. I said,

I have no time.

Face in the mud,

feet tied

But, might I have one solid reason

I could phase back into rhyme?

But, to face it, sometimes you have to

have faces, faced up at the facts

That, perhaps, you can not go further

alone

Now it’s time to turn home and head back.

So, maybe I still have some words left

But, by one, they are fading out too.

How long can I, keep on with a lie?

Well, truth is,

That’s all up to you.

L~