As time goes by

And friendships die

As love once bloomed withers away

I gasp for air

And wonder why

I long for yesterday

As memories fly

And sore eyes cry

A full moon glooms to my dismay

While I stand there

Under a sky

So ominous and grey

Drifting alone

About the land

Gazing and scrying along the way

Head raised and eyes

Probing to find

That shining star which heralds the day

This mortal coil

That is my shell
Decaying slowly as dawns a new day
Trapped in the spoils

Of my own hell

I let the sun dry me away

From Gehenna to Golconda