The Silent Beast

A shadow falls A monster unseen It swallows the heart It empties the dream A world of progress Comfort, and gain Yet broken hearts Still drown in pain Lost in the system Faces all blur Drifting like atoms Unsure what we're for The joy we're promised fades far away Life turns to ashes, day after day Depression The silent beast Stealing hope Making smiles cease It creeps inside It binds the mind And leaves the brightest soul behind We wear our masks The truth decays Empty lives With no love to raise Comfort and progress Hollow words While hidden doubts Go all unheard Depression The shadow near Snuffing light Devouring cheer A chilling voice So sharp, so slight It turns the day Into endless night Free to choose, yet trapped inside A weight too heavy, nowhere to hide Time marches on with steps unkind While anguish echoes in the mind In silent rooms The echoes grow A grief that lingers A constant woe Dreams of a sky so wide, so bright But lonely souls just lose the fight More technology, yet more alone Racing through time we've never known We reach for stars, for worlds untold But hearts are freezing in the cold Depression, the silent beast But even darkness fears release If one warm hand should reach for you The shadows fade, the light breaks through Who are we, in this endless space? Just grains of sand in an ocean's embrace A wounded race still finds the way Still seeking meaning in the gray