Just a Boy

I am just a boy
Trying to be free
When you were here
I knew it could be

Now I walk alone
With this burden I bare
If my heart were a canvas
There would be nothing there

Emptiness on it
Neither color nor smear
The longer I look
The more that I fear

Tears in my eyes
At the things that I see
Wallowing anguish
At what will not be

Concentrate on tomorrow
But must get by today
Trying to overcome this sorrow
But can’t find the way

My heart in my hands
Trumpeting its song
Sadness and yearning
Will this last long?