Thick Skin

When the curtains fall, and I am showered in the darkness Will I be proud of the moments that brought me to this? Will I look back on this life and smile Close my eyes to find that every choice was worth while Or do I stand with a knot in my throat A solid regret, a strongly worded note Tell myself all of the things I wish I would have done Wishful thinking doesn’t get me far, when the ends come undone You watch the ones you love fade away, pass through an invisible wall A pane of glass, and they fear it so, we all attempt to stall To get rid of the wrinkles, remove the jagged edges that tell the world how much we’ve seen How old we are, how many mistakes we’ve made, and sometimes where we’ve been We wear our journeys on our bodies, and we betray them so By trying to hold on to life, when it becomes time for us to go They tell us to be unafraid when the moment comes to die But I have too often seen that moment in my loved one’s eyes When they know that it’s over, and there’s no life le...

I guess I've never been good at moving on I constantly dwell in the past What I've missed I second guess.. Could you have been the one? Minutes have turned to hours, and hours into days And all that I have to show for it is what I have let in my hands A fistfull of air is all that remains Of the pastI once held so dear Close your eyes, listen to the breeze It softly whispers the secrets of life The past lasts forever, but the present is a disease It barely gives a second before it's back on the wind Stealing time from you, leaving you weak at the knees I look at the hummingbird, watch as it beats its wings Remember what my grandma said It is cursed with silence, it flies free, but never sings Taking the nectar from the blossoms of time itself Constantly moving, never stopping to rest I look into my past and I look at myself Tell you where I've been, but never where I'm going For pain and fear have carried me here I'd rather drift through this life never knowing ...