I think aloud, how did this start?
but know only how it all fell apart
I vaguely remember a love so tender
a place I used to call home.
Now by myself, this land I roam
since I said 'Leave me alone.'
Everyone is gone, no clue for how long
or how many days I've spent like this
in a daze, stumbling through the mist
with the sense someone was just here.
I get tense and try to reminisce
to the time others were near...
My memory is foggy before this morning
alarm clock, got up to brush my teeth.
Weather outside was getting stormy
as I left my house to go eat.
Arriving at the store
all seems in order
cars parked in front of the door;
but once I go in
the scene is amiss
no people, no cashiers, no screaming kids...
It looks as if all life has vanished
trying not to panic as I pull out.
I starve for contact, feel like I'm famished
at the next store, hope turns to doubt.
I grab my cell phone and call everyone I know
dial every number back-to-back, in a row.
I drive up the road, tuning through the radio
no stations, no songs, it hits home:
they're all gone
and I am in this world all alone...
Around the evening, my plight finally sinks in
I wonder to myself, am I dead and in hell?
Maybe in limbo or an insane asylum cell...
No way to tell, it feels like they all just left
and I missed them by seconds
for some reason, the pharmacy beckons.
Calling for me to come in and have a seat
enjoy the buffet, all-you-can-eat Monday...
Yes...I'll OD, and this will all be just a dream...

My alarm clock awakens me
I get up and brush my teeth
Wow, what a nightmare
it still seems quite clear...
I quickly forget the whole thing
as I dress and grab my car keys
and head to the store for something to eat...