circles

tin roof dances a sad lullaby

falling on the roses you planted

their petals bleeding on the ground

bend enough and they'll survive

I know I'm past our dream as 

circles of the fan erase time gone by

thunder has been seated at my table

I bid the hand I'm played

I'm falling behind

sorrow's turning cold

tomorrow my fate holds

I walk and I wait  while those crazy 

shadows play

peace don't seem to know me anymore

assure myself I'll be okay

inside my castle the candle dances

I'm just the one you won't let in

happy sounds of life drift all around me

I only hear the sound of our love dying

an hourglass, a circle span, the time fall

circles of a dance forsaken after all

+poetry