Thirteen

Dead winter moon, do you remember

Every silent conversation is the echo of a vow

It's many years until forever

But the space inside a moment can feel like forever now

Rip it out until it bleeds

Hollow out the in-between

Suffocate so you can breathe

Reaching out for something real

Not to hurt is not to feel

Do you love me still?

(Falling) Floating weightless in a dream

(Falling down) In the crush of gravity

All fades into my mind

You put your pride before surrender

My quiet yearning laced with scorn

Your gaze reveals a certain violence

I was invisible and torn

Rip it out until it bleeds

Hollow out the in-between

Suffocate so you can breathe

Reaching out for something real

Not to hurt is not to feel

Do you love me still?

(Falling) Floating weightless in a dream

(Falling down) In the crush of gravity

All fades into my mind

(Falling) Onto bruised and bloody knees

(Falling now) Into spaces labyrinthine

All fades into my mind

In the passing of the seasons

Lie the ashes and the leaves

We are souls in evolution

What we give and what we need

Is it worth the starting over

One more burial to grieve

Or the growing of an ember

What is lost and what will be?

Reaching out for something real

Wanting but afraid to feel

Do you love me still?

(Falling)

(Falling now)

All fades into my mind

(Falling)

(Falling now)

All fades into my mind