I Once Knew Eden

I awake and it is dark,
Not young morning but new night
Leaving my bed with a lack of speed,
I enter my bathroom and flip the light
He is waiting for me there,
The man in the mirror;
The one who doesn't play fair
He is to honest with my lies
Always he follows me with his sad deep eyes,
And ever he haunts my memories
The ghost of my former self.

It was a long time ago,
When he and I where one in the same
In a world that none now know
The ground was wide, the grass was green,
The sky was blue, the water clean
Reason still ruled the land,
And logic stayed the angry hand
Day after day I walked alone,
Talking aloud and dreaming in silence,
Over hills and threw valleys
I strolled at my ease,
Under the whispering trees
And along the white sand beaches,
I admired the untamed seas.

I knew nothing of vanity,
And cared nothing for so called "sanity"
I felt no shame,
As I walked bare in the open air,
If others disapproved I took no care
MY hair was wild, dirty and long
The voices I had was young and held no key,
But loudly did I sing my song,
And firmly did I speak my words
Mostly though I listened,
To the water, to the trees,
To the voice of the soft breeze.

Alas that peace and place our no more
The land died a drawn out death,
As it sank slowly into reality
Tides of doubt lapped on my feet,
And fear took its hold,
Crushing in its grip all that was once bold
And so I sing no more for I fear the sound,
Any walking I do is in the footsteps of others
All day I hide my face below my covers,
Feeling unworthy of the light,
I scarcely exist but in the dark cold night
And so I awake and it is dark,
Not young morning but new night