Dark clouds cross the sky Like bruises to remind us And for every drop of rain they hold Another pain will find us Pools of reflection Laid upon stone Every moment, a ripple The stone crumbles Beneath the weight of pain The pools are revealed To be mirrors of shame Consumed with struggle Forever fighting To be free of yourself To face the stranger In the pool's reflection Your true self revealed Even when the clouds have parted All life turns to gray And yet unlike the bruises Your pain will never fade So you beg death to free you To take away your burden Like a leaf on an autumn wind All to be forgotten