Fading Waves

As the city swallowed me whole,
The frigid cold enslaved me to the night,
Have I ever felt more alone in the world than tonight?

Never so far away from the world. Never so lost.
Forever drifting further into the shadows.
What is there left to hold onto?

Have I ever felt more distanced than tonight?
Never in the darkness, guided by the stars.
Never by the fire, burning bright.

Away from the thoughts that linger,
Away from the echoes that murmur,
Away from all that may still glimmer…

Drifting amongst the waves,
Rocking back and forth.
Blinded in darkness, there is no support.
How do I manage to wash ashore?

A part of me gets lost,
As I drown in the depths.
How do I reach the surface
without a hand to hold onto?

The world that’s beaten me,
Have I not served enough?
Or is there more that you require,
before I am finally set free.

My drowning soul will endure,
It’s not I, that I worry for,
It’s the ones that suffer without a voice.