Empty Nest

My dreams my hopes my wants and desires
Have all burned up in flames
My will to live my fire for life
Snuffed out by her cold disdain

I feel like a pile of waste
Fit only for the flies
Each day I ask why am I here
A hollow cry replies

I’m tired and worn I ache to the bone
No longer having a home
An empty nest is shelter at best
When living a life all alone

My thoughts they replay her footsteps
Subtle her sounds of refrain
That constantly echo lost love
Haunting me each passing day

I’m tired and worn I ache to the bone
No longer having a home
An empty nest is shelter at best
When living a life all alone

Can I carry this load much longer
Through the wreckage of my own pain
I see no light at tunnel’s end
Just one massive runaway train

I’m tired and worn I ache to the core
No longer having a home
An empty nest just shadows at best
When living a life all alone
An empty nest is shelter at best
When living a life all alone

Still I breathe on my own
Though I don’t know why