Tell me to go
and I’ll go
Tell me to stay
and I will,
Tell me to wait
forever and ever
And I will hold on
even still.
But tell me nothing
And the world
into light shades of
a boring gray;
and my eyesight will dim
as will my heart from within
dying a little more every day.
So, don’t be surprised
to see me changed,
if ever you happen
to meet me once again.
A life of silence
brought a life of rain,
and I will have lived drenched
in freezing cold and pain.
So be kind, please,
if I don’t look like a friend.
Life has been a series
of efforts to not let it all end;
and that has been a battle
I had not even wanted to win.
-aq
