Raindrops are kissing my window
And the clouds darken the day...
I can hear the anger the wind speaks
As the children are chased away.

Memories of climbing trees
And playing tag in the street...
Now my future is seconds away
And my dreams not even a heartbeat.

It seems like I've started in the sky
And now I can't keep from falling...
The darkness of the dirt below
Is all I ever see.

Pain has lessened my smile
With each taken breath...
Should I live like this, in pain,
Indifferent to life and death?

Sometimes I feel the eyes
Of the demon that haunted my childhood dreams...
I find myself screaming for someone
And I laugh at how foolish it seems.

Then I wonder why I have not forgotten
The fears that always seemed so real...
Now they are tricks the dark sometimes plays;
So why do I fear them, still?