i write

when i can't shake the things i'd rather forget
i write
when things dreamed of have not materialised as yet
i write
when all the world is dark
and the embers of life bear no spark
i use as flint my ability to leave my mark
i write

when fiend and friend are hard to tell apart
i write
when love's liberating blow has left a tombstone on my heart
i write
when there's no bend ahead to turn
when my soul fails to laugh alone
when for peaces' pity I yearn
i write

when my dreams are drowned by fear
i write
when i would rather leave this sphere
i write
when dark and light begin to blend
when sorrow takes infinity as friend
to bring relentless torture to an end
i write.