'Own'?

A hand in the darkness and several in light,

And before I realise, all fade out of sight,

People scatter, and fall apart,

Dreams shatter, pierce me like darts.

Tears, only my tears, have been truly my own,

People come and go; 'We live, as we dream, alone'..

A Different World

Where's love in this maze of understanding?
Where's innocence; have we lost everything?
Where is the laughter that you and I shared,
Where have we come away to, what's been spared?

This quagmire of reason is not our world;
This world is of violence, of rocks and scald.
Our dream of happiness is lost today,
From those times of joy, we've come a long way.
Life doesn't bring bliss to us any more;
Our wings were clipped long back, now we don't soar.

You and I have walked many miles together,
But have we been able to know each other?
You and I have loved, but have been indifferent,
We've failed to wipe the past, or erase its dent.

My Shell

It's on nights like this when no one holds me,
Looks at me, nor cares about me; I'm free.
I'm no longer confined within you;
I'm out of the limits that people sew.

I'm lonely, happy in my loneliness,
I look into myself, there's my solace.
I pull my shell closer, grow within it;
I'm everywhere, but I fail to exist.

On nights like this no one thinks of me.
I look into myself, it's you I see;
I pine for your hands, which can rescue me,
Break my shell, let me grow, render me free.