An Empty Room

AN EMPTY ROOM - Written by Carroll Bryant 

An empty room

Windows open

A fireplace

Coals need stoking

An echo whispers gently in my ear

The wind is freezing

Tears keep falling

Thoughts are melting

My heart’s calling

Let it go and let it be my year

And the earth starts shaking

People running

In the distance

One big explosion

Face the truth and then face the fear

You know where this is heading

An empty room

Paint is cracking

Wood floor scratches

Ceiling needs spackling

The smell of death lingers in the air

Your love is sepsis

My time’s ticking

Lost at the races

Souls keep begging

And you don’t even seem to care

You know where this is heading

An empty room

Feet are frozen

Doors closed tightly

Everything’s broken

Another face of day that only stares

The world is spinning

It’s so chilling

Stop believing

Tongues keep swearing

Two eyes blind with mice everywhere

You know where this is heading

An empty room

Windows open

A fireplace

Coals need stoking

An echo whispers gently in my ear

An empty room

I’m still standing

So misplaced

The end is beginning

Let it go and let it be my year

And in this empty room I stand

Pieces of a broken man

Born unto this strangest of lands 

You, a suicide bomber

An empty room

Windows open

I close them