Stepping through the night
Drift beyond the hands of time
I try to feel what still
Remains but gone
A distant thought
The shape begins to rot
From the dark depths
I watch myself depart in vain

Sun shatters my brittle shield
Hope is lost, yet bound within
Soul retreats to fractured hills
And I dissolve where meaning thins
I tear the thread that kept me sane
And watch my thoughts dissolve in maze
Life turns pale in my reflection
Bound forever in self-dissection

My memories doubt
The night desolate
I whisper only lies
To hide my scars
The self divides
The trees collapse
I touch the edge of sanity
And lose myself in gritty lines

Sun shatters my brittle shield
Hope is lost, yet bound within
Soul retreats to fractured hills
And I dissolve where meaning thins
I tear the thread that kept me sane
And watch my thoughts dissolve in maze
Life turns pale in my reflection
Bound forever in self-dissection