Reflection (This song was born out of the anxiety caused by aging. My mom passed away last year, and in the spring, I ended my 20-year-long employment. I felt like I was floating aimlessly for a few months) Lyrics

I chased the clock with a reckless heart

And though I thought I'd stay forever young

Reality had a different part

So I turned my back on the rising sun

Left behind the mirror's truth

And threw my years to the endless sky

Now my skin writes tales that youth disowns

While I cling to dreams in shades of dusk

A prisoner to time's relentless march

Caged within a frame that slowly rusts

I dance with shadows of a life once sprung

Defiant of the sands that downward slide

I hear the whispers of a ticking clock

Lines on my face, a life etched in stone

But I'll rage against the dying light, I'll fight

In the twilight gleam, I still feel young

I paint the night with memories so bold

Defy the calendar, the weight of years untold

Beneath the moon (glowing moon)

I chase the stars, they hold no age

In cosmic dance, time's left small

I breathe the air of youth's bold stage

In the echoes of my defiant roar

I'm not fading, I'm just reborn

Between the notes of life's long symphony

I'll find the chords that never age

In the labyrinth of time's decree

I seek the patterns off the page

Can you feel the pull of eternity?

A cycle that bends, but won't break me