Torch Song by Mike Williams 01/31/2016 @ 6:33 P.M.

I have sung a tune for far too long, 
It invades my oldest thoughts and memories. 
Sad, lonely, dreary, and deeply strong; 
Pain that caused my tender heart to bleed. 

I'm overtaken in smoke tainted glimpses, 
A fire snuffed out that used to burn. 
At times I feel I've lost my senses, 
And other moments think of lessons learned. 

The years have passed and the tune remains, 
But I am hardly the same as I used to be. 
Life moves on and though I'm not to blame, 
I have discovered a different side of me. 

Though nothing will take away the past, 
I have learned to forgive and move along. 
For love is a way of being that will outlast,
And I put to bed that old torch song.