I`m sitting here in an empty room,
I`m writing a poem now to you,
It`s time to think about what we had.
And when the sun is going down,
All my feelings come around,
I`m so sorry, cause you`re dead.

If I could tell you all the pain I feel
And all the sorrow grows tonight…..

And why did you leave me here alone?
Why did you leave me on my own?
Was it time we just had borrowed?
Was it our destiny?
Or just my final fantasy?
And I`m left behind in sorrow, and pain...

Smoke and gloom are in the air,
And your shades are everywhere,
Now I`ve learned the world called dying.
I`ll put a rope around my neck,
And at last I`m looking back,
To give up life is my defense.

Do you know another way?
Please come back and tell me how to stay.

And why did you leave me here alone?
Why did you leave me on my own?
Was it time we just had borrowed?
Was it our destiny?
Or just my final fantasy?
And I`m left behind in sorrow, and pain...

These final cries I write for you,
All my pain cries out for you
These final tears I shed for you (these final tears)
All my pain cries out for you.

And why did you leave me here alone?
Why did you leave me on my own?
Was it time we just had borrowed?
Was it our destiny?
Or just my final fantasy?
And I`m left behind in sorrow, and pain...

And why did you leave me here alone?
Why did you leave me on my own?
Was it time we just had borrowed?
Was it our destiny?
Or just my final fantasy?
And I`m left behind in sorrow


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    Melissa Ferlaak on reflectionsofdarkness.com:

    "This is a story of a man writing a poem to his love, no longer on this earthly realm. He is on the verge of taking his own life in order to be with his love again, and he hears her calling and lamenting from the other side. A song of true love separated too soon."

    MrScrat12on January 05, 2011   Link

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