sleepless nights, swollen eyes

wrinkled in bedsheets, still shivering

when was the last time you could dream

when was the last time you spoke to me

of all your love and fear that you have kept inside your heart

the pain you pushed aside for all of us, for everyone you love

I only wish that I could do the same

oh how I wish I could be brave

oh how I wish I could be

oh how I wish I could be brave for you and everyone I love

and all the things that kept us up at night, were things that I could understand

that I could mend

but something takes a hold of what is left and tears it from my grip

and picks away the parts of me

the pieces I could give


I just want to make sense of this, I want to go home

I still think you're beautiful


oh I'll hold my breath when you're gone, and I'll pray to god

and for every counted whisper that escapes from my lungs

I swear to be in love, I promise to be true

for each pathetic whisper that abandons my

tiny withered lungs

I swear to be in love


silence overwhelms these aching walls too fragile to withstand

these countless nights of recollecting the days that you could breathe again

our able bodies reduced to festering wounds tied to the notion that

we're nothing but worthless our flesh cannot alter

we'll all live forever


though one day our hearts will form into ashes

until then their lightness will bleed through the sun


Though one day our hearts will dwindle like two wicker lanterns they will

side by side

though one day our skin it will shed from our limbs and our flesh from the bone
and unto the earth

hand in hand


although we will die and our souls petrify each decision we make they will echo
through time

and the promises we made

oh I swear they won't break


approaching faster than

we could ever hope to have

imagined these moments so precious

we'll cherish as fortunes until they are gone


there is a place for us

where we will rest amongst the stars

tossing fragments of shattered rock

upon the banks of acheron


if you're afraid won't your hands pierce my hands

sink your flesh to my my flesh I don't care if it hurts


and if you're afraid won't you please hold us close

let us give you our warmth you won't suffer alone


and neither will us

when our time comes

in this ephemeral state

we'll be gathered in love


ever constant

ever flowing

ever encompassed

ever expanding


and right now I believe

in night hides our anguish we suffer from sleep

and right now I believe

the shelter we sought for is ensnared in our dreams

and right now I believe

that our bodies will soon be at ease, ever in silence

returning whence we came

to be nothing again