Beauty in Passing

The world ends with you, or so I thought
 The forfeiture of light and darkness at hand
 Moving on past rupture takes courage
 For I've yet to see beauty in passing
 A weary heart held captive
 Where a distant memory of you still remains
 Now in clear sight, right before my eyes
 I see you drift away, cutting ties with the earth
 To no avail I stand in shackles of your departure
 Henceforth I scream to the sky
 No peace for your shattered soul
 For your journey has not come to an end
 You shall find your place of destination
 Beyond the confines of this world
 You did wander where nobody dares to tread
 And threw yourself upon a frail tether
 To smother what was left of life
 To feel a sense of closure in the palm of your hand
 Slowly leaving hold of your faint notion of venture
 The lucid rain steals away the remainder of my torment
 For now I see beauty in passing
 For now we see beauty in passing
 Did your voice ever tell of delights
 For there will never be another waking hour in these eyes
 Yet there is still more day to dawn
 Arise my ravaged heart don't you fall aslumber
 Walk under groaning trees and open skies
 For you dare not stay too long where shadows fall