when the world disappears
when the sun melts
when our hearts break
when our souls sigh
when our eyes cry
we want to die
we run, we fail
when we live
when we give
it's the final draw
the last straw
the end of the road
the cut, the loss
the panic, the joy
gone.
hope
hurt
sorrow
faith
beat beat beat
yourself up.
wondering why
how this could be
real.
death
life
in between
did you feel that?
heart ripped from
you.
shake your head NO!
and look to the sky.
the real deal
the real mccoy
that one
the bee's knees
laughter mingles with broken notes
broken hearts wander
struggle to land
struggle for constancy
a steady voice
such sweet words
lifting up heart strings
higher, ever so much higher
silence, broken, peeling back the layers
there's a rat ta tat tat of pain
a broken drum, a gasping void
a nameless dark
a blank slate
an unnamed tomb.
a soul fattened by loneliness
stretches its worn stitches
pounding in head
pounding in chest
boom ba boom ba boom
beating beating beating
till ears ring
death for life
life for death
shallow. breathing?
