When Night Blankets the Eyes

I drove past the place my breath first caught
Where I used to keep my memories locked

And as I got out and crossed the meadow
I let the wind catch everything I used to know

I felt the cool evening air brush against my skin
As I took all the pain I was lost at where to begin

I looked beyond just the extraordinary ocean breeze
That once soothed my broken heart with ease

As these feelings have taken over me
Escape, I had found, had become my new remedy

I slowly walked, under the starry-night sky
And wondered again if I’d have to say good-bye

To all these shadowed figures that I know inside
I cried out in envy and try not to hide

I sat down and let the sand spread over my hands
I laid, staring at the moon in attempt to understand

My emotions had certainly swarmed my mind
So much that happiness I was unable to find

I washed away the loose grains between my fingers
While the foggy haze that surrounded me still lingered

The presence I once felt around my shattered silhouette
Used to gently piece back together the horrible regret

I quickly got up, shaken by what my heart sought
And ran back to the place my breath had first caught

For a moment I thought you might be there for sure
To help me through this pain I had to endure

But I found this time you had run further away
And left me exposed for more than just yesterday

While I was torn from all the pain I was going through
I thought about everything we had that was true

I discovered there was nothing new to create
It was there all the time, and not a moment too late

I had that same old dock to walk along
And that meadow to cross when I was wrong

I had the sandy beach to lie down beside
And the starry night to blanket my eyes

That’s enough for everyone, and I have come to know
Whenever, where ever I go, I’ll never be walking alone