Alive

I’m slowly fading as I find happiness is still evading I cannot see the piece of pie for me Where do I go when all I want to know is what happened to that feeling from when we were kids? As time and years fly by 20/20 hindsight is the only guiding light in our eyes Watch and see all the storms there are at sea Watch and see the ships smashed on the reefs Watch and see what’s happened to you and me and try to fight the always nearing tunnel of light How did I manage to get here? Where are all the ones I ever held dear? I find fear is the only comfort I have How did things end up turning out so bad? These years I’ve lived fall short of dreams I had when just a kid I’m still breathing but I’ve been dead for years already I’m still resisting all these demons I’ve kept inside I’m still fighting but I wonder why because it’s been a lifetime since I felt alive