Long Years and Lonely Days

 

I endured long years
in this dark haze of reality,
found myself cast away
on a pointless journey,
and my life slipped past
in the twinkling of an eye.

I endured lonely days
in the shadow of a dream.
The hours I walked alone
weighed me to this earth,
burdened me with memories
I could never escape,

but I have been set free
to begin again, to live again.

I understood the meaning
of a message I read in the stars.
Although once it was real,
although once it was ours,
now, it's gone into the haze
of long years and lonely days.