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The WaySide of Life

on the edge of tomorrow
but still lingering just this side of today
deep within the tenebrous depths
there in the nothingness twilight
is the wayside of life

…that lonely place between
“I’ve already been there” and
“I’ve got nowhere left to go”

-that’s where you’ll find her

her ties are all but severed
her bridges burnt to ash some time ago
her skies reflect memories
she no longer wants to know

her roads are cluttered with too much rubble
for her to ever find her way out

-not that she is looking for an escape

after all the lugubrious years
trailing silently behind her
she finds a bittersweet salvation
there in the solitude of herself

-that’s where she feels most comfortable

but every now and again
when midnight rains crimson
of things that have been forgotten
her heart begs her to remember
all the reasons she once dreamed

and then she thinks of all those years ago
how the hurt and the pain
seemed to be a fair price to pay
for the few moments of love
that would bring beauty and joy into her life

but those days wilted and withered away
beneath the scorching heat
of an unmerciful Arizona sun
and now her spirit just feels too old
….too wore out
to strike bargains like that anymore

the only hope her waning soul still clings too
is the possibility of one last peaceful moment
…one without memories

there where she lives
…in the darkstill
somewhere along the wayside of life

© LadyRaine