On My Own

When my longing and desires burn like a wild fire in the night, raging out of control, torching my mind and scorching my soul images dancing through shadows flowing into the flames glowing light, calling me into a dream, i can not resist, i have no will to fight, how can i let go, i reach for her before she flies away like embers slowly drifting from sight, as she becomes only a memory in the stillness of my lonely plight once again forsaken left with the pain of my emptiness and it’s stinging bite how can i continue on with a heart thats been broken into pieces i’ll never find, left with only memories that come in the night, haunting my mind, living in a life that’s been abandoned sadly lost and left far behind, a soft gentle touch costing so much, tender mercies once gifted, forever declined......