Never Say Goodbye

The gates of time close on memories of the past,
The present is a blur, time moves on fast,
A small flicker of light seen in the distance,
Every tick of the clock breathes an existence.
The cold of the night creeps upon the bed,
Tells me tales of things unsaid,
Shadows of the night dance upon my wall,
As I turn to walk along a empty hall.
Laughter...replaced by tears of pain,
Echoes and echoes again and again,
The knob so warm but forever cold,
Locked away, dirty secrets just wishing to be told.
In the back in the deepest corners of my mind,
The secrets of my past i choose to hide,
Tryin so hard not to remember those days,
Those days, those nights you took my breath away.
The times of when tears were replaced by laughter,
In times when we younger dreaming of that fairy taleish happily ever after.
Now you're gone...gone away from me,
Paid your dues to a cruel earth,
My heart, now broken, split in two,
First half, the beat, the blood running through my veins
Second half, my life, the part I gave to you.
And as I walk away from the memories that burn deep within,
And as the sands of time shift with every taken breath,
And even though I carry on with life after your death,
As the shadows of doubt forbid me to love again,
As I remember the memories of the day we met,
I cling to the ring that once hung around your neck.
Wishing it was me that life had taken first,
Growing old together, my dream fulfilled, now seems to be my curse.
I look back at the good times shared in our life,
As the tears slids away...carrying on,
Never once wishing to say goodbye.