Residual Presence

There is nothing left of me,

There is nothing that you see,

All I am is memory,

And that is all you will be.

Nothing ever lasts forever.



Everything that I have won,

All the hearts I have shunned,

Like a ghost I leave you stunned,

Alone in bed, wretched, feeling numb.

Nothing ever lasts forever.



Looking at me with mourning eyes,

I know your pain as you cry,

My thirst for love, my need to fly,

My freedom, my soul's desire.

Nothing ever lasts forever.