Despair
Only shadows now around me
It was almost in my grasp
Now I am left with
Nothing
How many times I’ve cared to try
Simply to believe
And how many times I’ve been mocked
Threading again where angels fear
I cannot remember for how long
These dreams I have carried inside
And each time I think it’s ready
I come to face it
Lifeless
Stillborn in reality
This weight is crushing me
Where can I hide
Where silence abounds
My only comfort
In a place where no one is around
To care
To laugh
Will I ever learn my lesson?
Should I dare to even dream
of overcoming?
Perhaps this time
Should be my last to try
This time I am ready
To simply let go and be
Where the silence abounds
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