I hear the words

as if they were your own

Wrapping around me

as I come undone

 

Their comfort holds me

with a vicious last embrace

Evoking memories

of how you used to taste

 

ch

I said

I gave you words to call your own

I said

that I did not give up the dream

I said

this was worth more than it seemed

I said

that I could keep inside the screams

 

I hear the echoes

the words I long to hear

break the silence

and take away my fear

 

The fading signal

of the light left in my eyes

Dissolves to nothing but

these unspoken lies

 

ch

 

I gave you whispers

kept in a secret place

Tried to remember

when I truly saw your face

 

My heart was open

I tried to let you in

But you were closed and

all I ever saw was skin