Shadows of love in my mind still

That I can't give up just yet

And so I think

Or, there are thoughts

That grow and grow and think they're what they're not

The mind takes up all my attention

So I think rather than live

Am I here?

Can I really be here

While living in self-centered fear?

And I know that there's more than this

So I'll find a new direction

Beyond the love I'll miss

So, if I could love you forever, I would

If, through all the transformations of time, it withstood

But through changes and changes and changes, nothing remains

And I can't bear to cling to an idea that I cannot maintain

And I don't need the pain

But I feel it just the same

And though I conjure thoughts of you still

I think I'm glad you came