Half Time

"Half Time" is a song for the pause at the midpoint of a life, when one stops, and the room turns very quiet.

There is a feeling that has no name. It is not sorrow, and it is not longing; only a faint stirring beneath the ribs. For years the pain was something to grow used to, answered with a small, lonely smile and allowed to pass. What remains, the regret that will not leave, a summer's love long gone, settles at the bottom of the glass like sediment, and sleep is courted before the night gives way to dawn.

Everyone is lost, everyone is wounded, somewhere in life's half time.
"Let's raise a glass to the night that never ends."

May this song be a glass of comfort, set down gently beside your sleepless hours.