in the moments of loneliness
when the ache and pain return
the tears will find their ways
across my cheeks to my pillow

i’m lost in deep thoughts
of the days of my youth
my innocence, my childhood dreams
those days are still beautiful
and fresh in my memory only

but those days are gone
fractured and torn by reality
just so to be tossed behind
by life as life goes on

i touch my cheeks...
the tears keep on flowing
finding their ways to my pillow
to reach their destiny

i close my eyes tightly
to stop the flow of tears
to stop the flow of life

somewhere in my thoughts
i reclaim my youth and innocence
and maybe then, just maybe,
with no one to wake me up
a smile will return to play
with my quiet lips once more...