You Lay There

You quietly lay down on the road in the midnight Breaths fading like a cooling cup of coffee Whispers of colorless winds, breezed with delight Finally, finally, finally, you give away that life Glittering stars in the sky, waving you a big good bye Also as a welcome, if your soul would revive You start hearing things never be heard in daylight Like a whisper, yet so unclear You start seeing the colors of night, black, yellow and white Splatter of red, passionate and on the ground it stays Drying, and drying, like painting on display Pieces of life crawling, trying to find a way to survive Slower and slower, crawling has made survival harder Streetlight sparks, tries hard to shine life back into your eyes You reply with that empty stare you always use for decline Trees in the allée, shaken and whispering In vain, in vain, no matter how hard they try Why, why, you can't be awaken by the power of light. Stray dogs come sniffing and smell your despair Such taste of life for them, too hard to spare Sweet, and full of life Early birds come along, patiently waiting for the morn' Blankly is how they stare, at your still posture. There's no way back, there's no way back. There you are. Quietly lay down on the road in the midnight Nothing, nothing can bring you back to life.