Where has all the colour gone?

A flower picked too soon 

I was younger once 

But I didn’t know that then 

Left dreaming, heart beating 

Stopped at a crossroads 

Time travelling in the past 

Give all you can 

Don’t be left lingering 

In the prime of life 

Like a woman fading 

If the clouds are gathering 

Leave, what you don’t need 

Here today, gone tomorrow 

Summer anthem of our youth 

Caught in the rush of life 

Sun shining bright 

Another drink for the road 

The one rarely travelled 

And stories waiting to be told 

Dance your troubles away 

In the prime of life 

Like a woman fading 

If the clouds are gathering 

Leave, what you don’t need 

Lines of shattered tokens 

Have nothing much to say 

Bring you to your knees 

Take all you need 

Where has all the colour gone? 

White rooms and empty spaces 

We’re just tracing circles 

Howling at the moon 

If the clouds are gathering 

Leave what you don’t need 

Leave what you don’t need 

What you don’t need, leave 

Camille Delaquise