The Difference Between

The difference between dusk and dawn
Is the way shadows return without a trace

The difference between youth and age
Is the toll of untold melodies

The difference between a fleeting second and an eternity
Is how a moment of absence turns into permanence

The difference between memories and illusions
Is the way time erodes certainty into trembling echoes

The difference between the clock rhythm and heartache
Is that one moves forward while the other lingers in the past

The difference between a leader and a tyrant
Is the silence after their names

The difference between intuition and fear
Is the doubt before the fall

The difference between justice and revenge
Is the hand that holds the sword

The difference between sanity and madness
Is the thread of logic woven by the tapestry of intelligence

The difference between a mountain and memory
Is that one stands still; the other erodes with the sand of time

The difference between a storm and silence
Is the behemoth power to break down the callous

The difference between a name and a legacy
is if time dares to forget it

The difference between the beginning and the end
is dependant on who is left to tell the tale