A Fading Light

I hold with me, a fading light
in my hands today

I hold it and I watch it
as it slowly fades away

"don't go" I said, "don't leave me"
as I start to cry

but all that I can hear from it
is just a soft "goodbye"

this light once held my happiness
my joyfullness, my soul

now it's fading far from me
to leave an empty hole

how come I never saw it fade
dimming day by day

all those years of happiness
just to see it go away

I try to breath it life again,
to make it glow and shine

I do not want this light to leave
this lonely life of mine

this light use to glow so strong
to shine for all to see

but now it is just a speck
soon destined not to be

now this light as gone away
to leave me all alone

oh how I remember
when that light first shone

I loved this light, I cared for it
we played such happy games

but now this light is gone from me
and just the dark remains