No Longer

A long time had Now a long time gone Makes one so sad But I must carry on A once was then Is a never was now In the arms of a friend Do I mourn a lost vow What was mine to keep Became theirs to dispose Therefore, I weep At the hands of my foes A promised forever Now a broken endeavor A rise from the ashes Born of fire and lashes My house now a place I no longer call home No longer an embrace Since the moment I’d grown A sacred save haven Becomes a dark prison A disastrous cave in Where light had once risen A carefree pavilion Of love and open arms Now cast into oblivion Full of deceitful trick charms Where I was once received I take pains to keep away For what I once believed Is now shattered in disarray My body goes slack Like a dreamer’s often does And wish things back To the way it once was.