And When...

Date: 06.11.2009
Time: 11:05 p.m.

And when an idle breeze is enough to make you fall
And when you feel too helpless to even scream
And when sullen skies stay severely soiled
And when words become enemies for they don't rhyme
When a whisper takes you back in time
To a distant past wrapped up in memory's foil,
How do you stop yourself from being embroiled
In the mousetrap life has set for you?

And when the trees flame red instead of green
And when you let burning branches scrape your knees
And when you want fresh scars to cover ones that can't heal
And when hope is wrapped up as chocolate you can't eat
When time is too short for you to complete
The argument being replayed inside your head,
How do you stop yourself from being rewound
As the damaged tape that never ends?

And when the happiest dawn is lost to a teary dusk
And when purple is gone and you have grey to fear
And when the floods wash away the numbness you love
And when the injury you thought had healed reappears
When the birds mourn the arrival of spring
Only to sing brightly when the forest is burnt,
How do you fix a world upside down
And learn to breathe in life once again?

End: 11:20 p.m.