Lay Not A Flower On My Grave

Lay not a flower on my grave
For the petals of the blooms will fall
Upon the darkness of this place
Comes the breath of midnight's call

Don't tend the ground that covers me
For not the soul resides inside
Just brittle bones are left to see
As you walk the trail of time.

Let not a tear fall from your eye
As memories inside you fade
Don't patronize me with your lies
Live now with choices that you made.

If words can bring you some release
Then speak them now as brightness fades
Don't wait for life in me to cease
Before you think of things to say.

Look not upon my heart as broken
For words have come to calm my soul
And if a thought should now be spoken
inside your mind let heart take hold

For as the darkness captures breath
Pain falls upon me, this lonely night
Now lies in my heart an empty death
Lost for the will to rise and fight

And as I lay in darkened slumber
Heartache has lent a deafened ear
No faith to pull me out from under
The burdened life of wasted years.

A shell now lies in deepened sorrow
No heart to speak of as I fade
And should I die come this tomorrow
Lay not a flower on my grave.