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What Used to Be (single)

What Used to Be (short.storm)

your dark eyes are staring wide,
but they are unable to see.
there used to be light inside,
now all lost in reverie.

there used to be something else,
but you already forgot.
you used to buy all that sells,
and go through with your own plot.

images are flashing by,
and your eyes, they stare right through.
no matter how hard you'd try,
look on is all you could do.

what used to be.

you feel the need to lie down,
to take a break from the break.
you feel as though you would drown,
at the bottom of a lake.

you are dreaming of what used to be,
and think you have taken the wrong turn.
you have to get over your fallacy,
and light the fire that made you burn.

you are still holding on to the past,
but you have to look up at the sky.
you know that life is moving too fast,
to have regrets before you die.

you are dreaming of what used to be,
but you have to start with a clean slate.
you will snap out of your reverie,
and you will know it is not too late.

you snap out of your reverie,
because you know it is not too late.

One Day

one day you were just there,
no one knew why or from where.
you came and never left,
but still I felt bereft.

this day, now long ago,
I thought to reap you must sow.
days came and went away,
and life felt old and gray.

you were my glimmer of hope,
the one straw for me to grasp.
I thought you would help me cope,
no matter it could not last.

one day was all it took,
to change my life forever.
one day and my world shook,
and it was now or never.

one day was all I got,
and there would be nothing more.
one day I chose my lot,
this is it, forevermore.

I never made the choice,
as though I had lost my voice.
I got carried away,
not aware I had to pay.

I thought I was sincere,
so why am I still here?
I know I could just leave,
but can I still believe?

I needed more than a spark,
to make me rise from the floor.
you were the fire in the dark,
that burned me down right to my core.

one day was all it took,
to change my life forever.
one day and my world shook,
and it was now or never.

one day was all I got,
and there would be nothing more.
one day I chose my lot,
this is it, forevermore.

only one day.

 

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