A Beginning

The silence dominates
Divining resolutions from my hands
Lines drawn in the sand
But my volition's wry
My temperance twisted faced with failing light
Nothing in my sight.

If I fall into the ocean
Send my soul into the sea
Will these reflections trouble me?
Will I dream a final dream?

I sense this silhouette who's standing vigil growing very sore
Just one moment more
Before I close the curtain fate uncertain, spirit to the dark
Endlessly apart.

Can I fall into the ocean?
Send my soul into the sea
No distant echoes haunting me
No further phantoms will I see
The silence held eternally.

But what if the silence is broken by the ones who've loved?
Incredibly present with heavenly breath to wake you up
With nothing left to poison a portrait of who I've become
Only elation remains, protecting us from this never ending night.

Dear apparition, while my senses last
Is absolution far too much to ask?
Will you forgive a truly troubled past?
The silver lining still remains
The sights I've lived to see
So trust that with this end
A new beginning's waiting patiently.