Once

Once apon a midnight dreary... eyes burn hot and brain is weary...
Walked alone through empty places... far off looks on tired faces...
Darkness closing in apon... friends have left, now all have gone...
Bitter heartache beats like madness... lonely dreams that end in sadness...
Tearstained cheeks blank as pages... pointless war the world it rages...
Suff'ring children stand with pride... someone loves them deep inside...
Hear the cry of windswept mountains... quiet splash the empty fountains...
Hardness closing round in side... feelings drain for love thats died...
Numb and painless beats the stone... time it passes... dark... alone...