lay down

[nightshifft]

lay down

lay down your burdens
the day is done
time to rest
ease your mind
step back from your quest
you search in vain
endure the pain
just as you think you have it in your grasp
your goal slips past
like a mirage
you hear loves siren call
dancing before your eyes
see her just over the rise
smell her perfume on the wind
beckoning you on one more step
one more mile
year after year
wasting your life
searching for your holly chalice
to drown yourself in
lay down
give it a rest
darkness is come
holding you tight in
her lonely cold embrace
till love is forgotten
you stand broken
with tears on your face
not knowing you
have just lost the race
lay down your burdens
the day is done
time to rest
ease your mind
step back from your
quest

dark 2010

[PrinceMyshkin]

I admire the play of elusive, half-rhymes in this.