Here silences shriek
And the light casts dark shadows
Here time stands still
Memories rot and wither
Dreams fade
Desires burn
And hope shatters
Yet this place feels eerily familiar
An old acquaintance
As if from a past life
I have been here
I have walked these winding lanes
Leading to nowhere
I have smelled the now rotting flowers
I swam in the now dried stream
That was then
This is now
Once love blossomed with a promise of life
Now the wines of hatred cling and suffocate
Once open skies gave the dreams wings to fly
Now the menacing dark clouds weed out all hope
Once you and I were here together
Now… I am still here, alone.