You're leaving, I'm staying, we're gone

I was in hospital for the whole of September. It was one of the lowest points I can remember being in, at least in terms of having control over my thoughts and feelings. But one of the ways I managed to cope was by writing poetry. I hope it can bless someone other than me.

You're leaving, I'm staying, we're gone

You came to visit on Friday
Picked up my soul from its place on the gutter
Walked around the world left in my way
This heart a caged bird that mindlessly flutters around, and around, with no place to go
Just like a circle of footprints in snow
You're leaving, I'm staying, we're gone.

Never thought a life could shine any brighter
Never knew a face had a million smiles
When you're around every colour feels lighter
Like the sun warms the earth from a distance of miles, and miles, I don't want you to go
But to hold you is like holding rivers that flow
You're leaving, I'm staying, we're gone

Every time it rains I remember the tears
Drops of salt water stinging my eyes
Falling from your face onto my fears
Taking me away from the pain that I'm left with inside
Inside, the children can play
Chasing each memory that's bursting to say
You're leaving, I'm staying, we're gone

Can you spare me a thought or a dollar?
I'm a beggar that wants to be king
Of a country that's hidden in squalor
Give up everything for the joy that it brings me tonight
Tonight, you know love is dead
The moment the crown starts to slip off your head
You're leaving, I'm staying, we're gone.