Somebody's Crying

I cried tonight
tears gently fell
I'm finally starting to succumb
to this unrelenting hell

Some days things seem to settle
and life goes on as smooth as can be
others render me directionless
on a dark and turmoiled sea

It would be so much simpler
if I could only just discharge
all the feelings that I have for her
from my ever aching heart

I just want a switch
obvious and plain
to give myself a respite,
a break from all the pain

allow me not to love her
let me for once not care
let me forget the feeling
of loving someone whose love's not there

As I awoke

I used to think of sleeping
as my respite from being awake
but these unrelenting nightmares
are more than I can take

I don't like being conscious
and being asleep is getting worse
what used to be my break from life
is slowly becoming my curse

Every day I think about
my pain and my confusion
and instead of breaks from all these thoughts
I have a nightly new delusion

I don't know how much more I can take
of this nightly newfound strain
before I find myself consumed
by the confusion and the pain

Fleeting Folly

One moment you are near me
the next you are unseen
your connection to my heart and soul
is on an unrelenting spring

Every time you really touch my heart
you pull yourself away
and the seams that make my heart complete
continue to weather and fray

Even if I keep my distance
you tumble into my life again
and I continue to be trapped by hope
that your fleetingness will end

'Til then I can only cherish
those times we're not apart
and hope the seams will persevere
that bind my fragile heart