Automaton

Can a heart that's filled with sorrow
Learn once more to love anew
Can the warmth of love tomorrow
Fill a cold soul without you.

The stars still shine
The moon still rises
They fill my eyes with awe, no more.
In my future will I wander, lonely.
No whispers on this silent shore.

No arms to hold me in the darkness,
No sounds except the ticking clock.
No dreams to fill my sleeping hours,
Deep in my chest this icy rock.

I spend my days on autopilot
Wake, eat, work, sleep,
Day by day the time goes by.
No one sees the mask I'm wearing,
No one hears my silent sigh.

Save me from this numbing madness,
Do I want to feel again?
Feeling only brought me heartache,
An empty soul, and tears like rain.

Sometimes inside my mind I wander,
Like watching a movie in my head.
Arms entwined round two young lovers,
Cuddled on a large soft bed.

Lips soft kiss and slow caresses,
Raising slowly passions flame,
Loving till the early hours
Until their afterglow remains.

In the dark my eyes stare skyward,
A single tear rolls down my face.
The memories of a love once shared
For a moment, the pain of loss replaced.

Inside this once warm hearted woman
Compassion and empathy still live on.
But see deep, inside her soul now,
Lives a lonely, cold, automaton.