Twilight

Looking at the mellow evening sky,

It makes me wonder how fast life's passing by,

The innocent dreams of a forgotten childhood,

The deepest desires of my heart,

That lie forgotten somewhere in the past.

Once upon a time,

I hoped that the world would see,

Not the person that I was,

But the one I was trying to be.

Never thought there'd come a day,

When I would forget my way,

And to please the world around me,

I'd lose myself so completely.

Now I don't know myself anymore,

From the way I used to be before,

The attempted transformation,
From ugly duckling to swan,

From a sapling to a shaded tree,

Became what it was never meant to be.

The childlike outlook did part,

In its place left a gaping hole,

The world that lay beyond,

That broke and bruised my heart,

And worse still - my soul.

But my world has not yet had its fill,

It keeps asking for more,

And so I think it will,

Till there's nothing more left to give,

And I lay barren to the core.

That day will be my funeral,

Oh I'll still be alive,

It will just be the day,

That the person I pretend to be,

Will be laid to rest forever,

By none other than me.

And then I can go back,

To the person I used to be,

The happy self that I loved,

Even when the world hated me,

The way it does till date,

The way I so hate,

The person I've grown to be.