Pictures

I burned the pictures Every one of you and me The love notes and teddy bears Yes, I burned everything I destroyed all the evidence And all you left behind But as I sleep, I'm haunted By the pictures in my mind Every 'I love you' Every time we laughed All the whispered words It all comes rushing back Drowning in the memories Left unhealed by time And resurrected nightly By these pictures in my mind My pillow, the only witness Of tears that fall like rain And silent sobs that echo With guilt, fear and shame Denial keeps me going And refuses to see the signs Believing all is well With these pictures in my mind The days pass so quickly With never a thought of you But day slips into dusk And with the darkness, there is always you With every day's new dawning I wake hoping to find That with the next moon's rising I'll be rid of these pictures in my mind I hope, I wish, I pray Somewhere, someplace, sometime To finally find the flame That burns these pictures in my mind