Sunset

There's a thorn in my heart 

From everything I've been deprived of

There's a hole in my hand 

From the pain , your pain offered up, strand by strand 

There's bruises on my shoulders 

From the weight  borne for so long 

Every passing day 

Another life, blown away

Every day that's passing 

Brings this once blazing fire

Closer to a smolder

And the thorn in my heart 

Digs ever deeper

Hole in my hand 

Gapes ever wider 

Hope weeps 

With each passing day 

Little by little 

Faith sinks 

One becomes nothing more 

Than an elusive memory 

Like a sun that's already set

Colors fading off into infinite distance 

We can only wait to see 

What life will bring next ...