When I woke up yesterday,
I noticed myself
With fingers dug into my face.
I feel like someone else.
The ribbons cut from a crimson scarf,
You wore upon your neck.
Pulled so tightly across my limbs,
As the veins are turning black.
Did I even wake today?
Maybe I’m still fast asleep.
I know I’ll never sleep with you,
You’re awake inside of me.
Come stand in my hands
And see all of my friends.
A synchronized emptiness.
This is how it begins.
Dress yourself in sand
And let your mind dance.
Lives encased in snow and ice.
And this is how it ends.
And I don’t care to know your name
As you clasp me to the wall.
And though no one here leaves it out,
I will give it all.
How I’d love to feel your hands
As they run along the pearls.
The little tears out of your skin
Strung up around the world.
Can you feel it soaking in,
They live atop your eyes.
The little drops that lit you up
Are more than you can fight.
We can’t stand to even breathe
In time it’s only hurt.
And every time you close your eyes
It’s becoming worse.
And I don’t care to know your name
As you clasp me to the wall.
And though no one here leaves it out,
I will give it all.