Shallows,

A single tear to stain a cheek.

That final day to end a week.

The final verse to end a song.

That dash of right within the wrong.

A caressed cheek, a gentle hug.

To be held close and oh so snug.

Within the grace of time long past.

Keep holding on to make it last.

A stagnant hole inside a heart.

A tender pain to twinge and start.

The only way to cage the free.

To break the things held close to me.

A blacked out face, a dying muse.

A shattered dream, a long lit fuse.

See dead sun through silver cloud.

Raindrops cast a crystal shroud.

Blocking out all that I am.

I tried not to give a damn.

But I can't stop seeing through.

Through the lies that lead to you.

And it's killing me each day.

Until the day I fade away.