Before this unfamiliar world,

I fade in silence, weak and small.

Trapped inside my fragile shell,

Still I try to stand through it all.

Like autumn leaves before the frost,

I fall before the winter’s call.

Even in pain, I must believe

Someday I’ll bloom again after all.

All my broken promises fade in time,

Yet unseen memories keep me alive.

For the me of tomorrow,

I’ll let go of who I was.

Even if I must start again,

Goodbyes will find me just the same.

Beneath the city’s restless glow,

Desire turns and swallows me whole.

The truth is too heavy to hold—

The world’s illusion calls my soul.

A prey that life refuses to lose,

I hide and wait in quiet rooms.

Holding my breath,

As the city keeps chasing me.

My broken vows drift into the past,

From their ashes, new life will rise.

For the me of tomorrow,

I send my yesterday goodbye.

Even if all returns to the start,

Forever cannot be promised tonight.

So here I stand, at winter’s end,

Sending my first self away again.