Hanging on

Hanging on By a thread Trying to remember What to believe When hope is gone And only dread remains You strike a match And let it burn The candle flickers at both ends For any respite the heart still yearns Before the darkness again descends Striving Straining Stumbling Falling She has forgotten how to fly Forgotten how to try Forgotten how to cry Her eyes at last are dry And finally On bended knee With hopeless heart She tries to see A better way An brand new start For former lies She stands apart And to her feet She again will rise Once again will come alive She knows what it is to survive She will never let it go.