Waiting Takes A Lifetime

Waiting takes a lifetime,
A lifetime too long for me.
As these lights are much too bright,
The seasons change in my heart.

The flowers start to fall asleep,
A beating heart will slow.
The living stripped of such gentle life,
And I don't know what to feel.

I age like winter,
Careless I stand to suffer.
Everything around me loses its beauty,
The forgotten turn fragile and blue.

Making eyes across the room,
Kiss me in the house of regret.
I cannot just run away,
It's too cold for goodbye.

An Arctic stare,
A numb sweet kiss.
A crisp question of faith,
This winter is my answer.

In the arms of sacrifice,
I will not wake tonight.
Waiting for a lifetime,
A lifetime too long for me.