Solitary

I am a tree in these solemn woods

And I have just now toppled down

Made such a cacophonous, calamitous noise 

Even though no one was around

I am a pebble in the stream bed

And you wouldn’t even know

That it was I causing the waters to rise

With the melting of the mountain snow

I am the last bit of glass in the carpet

That the vacuum couldn’t find

The final stinging piece of an argument you

Hoped you’d finally left behind

I am a shell upon the seashore

Like so many it has known

Indistinct, cracking, and empty

And yet, I too was once a home

Wake me up when you’re finished finding yourself

Because I miss you so much

Wake me up when you’re done reaching for reasons

That you’re still too scared to touch

‘Cause they will never be enough

I am a lock on this door you won’t open

Though you’ve been playing with the key

You’ve tried every which way to get through

But won’t even look at me

I am a sign on the side of this dark road

Headlights illuminate than let go

Try to tell you that it’s a dead end

But you’re just trying to find your way home

Wake me up when you’re finished finding yourself

Because I miss you so much

Wake me up when you’re done reaching for reasons

That you’re still too scared to touch

I’m waiting for the other side 

To come around, to come around again

But the needle’s warn the grooves in

And your voice is wearing thin

But I am 
I am

...still