Once Upon a Time

It used to be that way Tear-drops hidden behind my smile That shall never chance to fall That shall never touch my face That shall never hit the ground A smile that held it all - buried Behind it lay shadows of a past Where years of who I could have been Were nothing but particles of dust Drowning in dunes - dust to sand Swimming for the surface Struggling for air As more of me was lost....... All that I wanted to dream, reduced All that was left of me was defence Any tear that shall escape Absorbed by the sand sculpture Of which I had become