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Running out of time
running out of breath
watching time pass by
completely scared to death
finally start to realize
the reasons for it all
you never reached your potential
but now youve come to fall
i see you standing at the foot
of the ladder of faith
and on your face i see that look of distraught and no peace
you shall come to realize
the meaning of it all
you posess the strength required
to overcome this call
a call into darkness
it wants a hold of you
and i see you strugle
as you reach the crossroads of what to do
but its only in the darkness
that light can shine through
looking up at the stars
counting them aloud
trying to visualize a face
of someone youve made proud
i look into your eyes
and scream into your heart
we stand on broken ground
from the earthquake that broke this world apart
i guess you never found a star
that you could call your own
'cause you lock your door
and cry all alone
unlock the door
let me in this place
all thats hung on the walls
are pictures of shame an disgrace
let me in to rip the frames apart
and throw them into the fireplace
that burns in your heart
deep in your eyes, i see the fire that glows
and yet you are so cold and alone
a friends presence; something youve never known
no one to give a shoulder when you cry
no family or friends really care
no one has loved you as time passed by
so you stay behind those locked doors
crying all alone
but i stand at your window
bidding for you to come home
grant it, that you should open the window a hair
i shall come in,
a letter; ill be thier
ill give you kind words
thats what you ask
ill be your key
to free you from it all
thats all you need is freedom
from the things that tie you down...
but pitty will not make a sound.
Copyright © Sarah Loftin | Year Posted 2005
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