
Hollow footsteps in an empty apartment
An old record player singing its last days
He lights a candle across the dark hallway
No cure for the darkness that steadily
creeps in the empty corners of the heart
He sits on the cold balcony floor
His mind takes him on different roads
Today the road goes to his favourite memory
The day he met the love of his life
Love at first sight as he recalls
They met in the art class
Both painters of dreams
Two roses walking side by side
Blooming in each other’s presence
Laughing amidst the butterflies
But the circle of luck keeps on turning
And one rose decayed before its time
Succumbing to the cancer spreading in its roots
Leaving the other rose alone
Under the gray sky of grief
And now that rose spends his days
Remembering the fragrance of his lover
Sinking in memories of the autumn sunlight
Sitting in the balcony, moving towards the past
Dreaming of being with his beloved again
While she awaits in the Garden of Eden.