Who Are You Now?

You were with me through the years,
You did my soul restore.
When my spirit needed mending,
I got all that and more.

As for seeking you, there was no need;
At your hour, you always came,
But a change has come to tip the scales
And something's not the same.

Where did you go, old friend of mine?
What called you urgently?
Was some mission more important?
What is there now that will heal me?

You were loyal, steadfast, constant
Though troubled, you were on my side.
I swear I can't imagine what I did
To make you run and hide.

Did you think I wouldn't miss you?
Did you feel I could go on alone?
They told me that someday you'd fade,
I guess I really should have known.

But now I only toss and turn;
I feel the void you left behind
I ache and moan in search of peace
That will relieve my beleaguered mind.

I guess you're never really gone,
My eyelids flutter and you slip through time,
I feel as though I've been with you,
Twixt hazy dusk and weary dawn.

They say as shadows fill our lives,
Like fingers dark and long
The end comes to us like a sleep,
But I just think they're wrong.

For Sleep, you were my daily rest,
My comfort in my time of pain,
And though one day I'll grow quiet and still,
It'll be when you never come again.