My absence set you free

If I light a candle and watch the flame,

Will I see it burn away my shame?

Will the light that glows as my candle burns

Chase the darkness away where he returns?

Does it burn your tongue, to say my name?

Will you ever see me laugh again?

Are there new memories now, that don’t include me?

Has my absence finally set your soul free?

Are the paths we walked now a journey of silence?

Can you still hear the echo of our comic alliance?

Do the walls in your home tell a different story?

Now I’ve lost my place in your mosaic of glory.

Just one minute was all that I needed,

Space for my voice, but you never conceded.

The authority of silence, in a letter that came,

To censor my memory, or to see you again.

Now the shadows dissolve, as I light a new candle

All the chaos has left me, no longer my scandal.

Now I am the music, the dance and the song

In a story of hope, this space I belong.