By Name Only

Many years have passed and still the pain The winding seams of flowing rain Streets are streams and rivers are seas Waiting for my life to unfreeze The emptiness you left as deep as a water well As if the witches of death have cast another spell The well, deep, dark, dreary and lonely It seems to be a water well by name only Alone you leave me in the fragile home Scared of the dark, frightened when alone From the creaks from the upstairs bathroom To the dark shadows of the night that forever loom I am the last descendant of this name Am I to take this family name and set it a flame Shall I do as you did and pass away peaceful, silently Or stand my ground and resist violently I chose to stand alone in the grasp of death Clearly in front of me I can see my last breath Slowly filtering from my body, as if being ejected into space Exhaled for one last time and soon to be gone without a trace