Shots ring out; Silence; nothing, just a hole in my soul,
A feeling of betrayal; oh, when will time take it’s toll?
You truly meant the world to me, and you fooled me all along.
How could I have been so blind, such a magnet to life’s greatest “wrong”?

Oh weeping willow, why do you still cry?
There are good things all around you: the sun, the sky.
I fought so hard to have you; I wasn’t prepared to fall
You taught me so much, Life’s lesson through it all.

A pleading heart, parched by Love; A heart of truth, one from above
What must I say? What must I do? Why didn’t you want my love?
A heart’s plea unanswered and yet left alone
Like windless deserts and mountains of stone.

Why must I dwell on bad things that interrupt my life?
I have to be strong; I can’t give up; I know I must suffice;
I can’t let this get to me; I have to be strong.
I’m on my way to happiness, destination unknown…

© 3/11/02 Matthew D. Murray