Where Were You?

Where were you

when the night closed in?

When the silence exclaimed

let us begin?

Where were you

as I threw away

All of my heart

and flew astray?

Were you observing 

from afar?

Recording my madness

marking my scars?

I wonder I wonder

if you shall ever return.

Or if our bridge friend

has been all but burned.

Is that you in the shadows

standing there?

So many years since I saw you

that I can't help but to stare.

Where were you

as I fought with the blues?

Or did I never

drop a clue?

Alas to move on

from the ghosts of the past.

Let us see how much longer

our friendship can last.

For as time passes

we both become painfully aware

That no one escapes

from the reaper's glare.

So let us feast

and we'll drink

We'll sit 

and we'll think

Then when we once more

come to the brink

I shall ask:

Where were you?