Through The Eyes Of Regret

I have found myself lost

Walking down these familiar streets

Those strange faces stare blindly

I withdraw into my mind

In this solitude, it is sadness I find

In lament, I live a lie

I long to live, yet hope to die?

Eyes, window the pain

Contained in me

Face masks the torment

You will never, ever see

Enclosed within these walls

They've muted all my cries

Trapped alone in darkness

I never felt alive

Then I briefly saw the light

A fools paradise

I felt the sun's warm rays

When you gave me back my life

But now that dusk is near

Lost again, I find

I'm back in those dark woods

Although now I've seen the light

Although it shone so brief

It cleansed through my mind

But as a fire soon burns out

All the hope I had has died

I walked through the shady graves

Buried beneath the mire

Not a single soul can be saved

In weariness, I tire

Oh, how I long to live

Yet I hope to die