Darkness

In the darkness my loneliness envelopes me,
Imprisoned in a cell of bleak solitude,
I burned all of your pictures to erase the memory,
Now I lie in my self-pity and lick my wounds.

Missing you so much hurts like hell,
The pain is physical and attacks every nerve,
I can only blame myself, it's my own fault,
I never took the time to realize your worth.

I took for granted all the love you showed me,
But I failed to see your discontented smile,
My illusions underestimated the reality,
That you had been unhappy for a while.

The warning signs were there but I ignored them,
The coldness that set in, I thought would melt,
They say time is a healer, but not this time,
And this heartache is the worst I've ever felt.

My eyes sting with the tears that I have cried,
And I shiver from the cold I have created,
But I made this bed myself and in it I will lie,
Alone with my misery since you departed.

My soul feels too dead to care anymore,
Because you're no longer here to greet me in the morning,
The nighttime brings the shivers of a cold lonely heart,
As the shadows of despair form around me.

So please leave me to die in my own darkness,
I no longer want to see the light of day,
For I will never again feel any happiness,
I lost the will to live when you left me.