Inconsistency: soft tones deliver a discord so deafening And driving home, the silence could've steered me off the road. Vexed with frantic thought - Did absence give to absence? Finality: In waves washing over me, I pulled rope from the rafters. Gone - I still felt your weight Cold hands, a sobering touch - Gone, was I too late? Mourning eyes, lovers left behind, A mother forlorn, she writes, she writes, she writes: "Searching for you - first light through night I yearn for silence to hear you I stumble in circles in the fog of my life Hoping, praying your face will shine through" Time: The hour, the remedy Grief takes hold, how fast can the seconds pass? Eternity tempting me, yet empty - You'll take everything, leaving nothing And the hour still the remedy Seeing you clearly "First light through night", the light in my night I'll carry you with me, taking breaths for two You're alive, alive inside of me Inconsistency Finality Time: The hour, the remedy Memory: Seeing you clearly