Another Day

It chokes, it stabs, it blurs my sight
Wish I were anywhere else tonight
If it could take the pain away
Of missing you another day

Red like fire, a vivid flame
Burning my throat, my heart the same
Emptiness but full of fear
Holding onto whatever is near

If it's the M16 I carry on my back
I'll hug it if it'll keep me on track
In days when you are not the same
It only adds bitterness to the pain

I've never felt it quite so real
On certain days I wake and heal
Until the lightening hits again
Deep in my soul, followed by its friend

As if there is thunder just inside
The skin that I try hard to hide
In the beauty I feel slipping away
I wake to miss you another day

(written: 22 August 2010)