Fight Against Time

My last mistake, the choices I made
All reflected in one sharp blade
I stare in the mirror with myself to blame
All of my secrets silenced by my shame
 
I kept bending until I finally broke
On this grief and sorrow I begin to choke
All these bottled emotions trapped inside me  
As I'm left with misery to keep me company
 
I tried to go back, to rewind
And clean up the mess I've made of my mind
But I've exhausted all emotion
Attempting to stop any forward motion
 
I linger on this edge as the clock ticks my life away
But no matter how I try, I can't keep time at bay
I can't rewind my mistakes, and take back the past
Even as I linger here, waiting for death to take me at last
 
I can't save myself from the demons that haunt me in the night
As for time, I can no longer keep up the fight
For I am merely a ghost of who I once was
Dying slowly for a lost cause
 
I betrayed myself, now I'm doomed to burn
All because of a lesson I refused to learn
I tried desperately to rewind, to erase my past
Yet the clock kept ticking as time quickly flew passed