I take this to forget you
I write this to remember
You would have broken my heart had I let you in
Escape into sleep, I pray I do not dream of you

Your virtues and your victuals
Spinning circles in your room
I would love to watch you dance
The sway and movement of your body
If I could only let go and join you in your reverie

I carved a heart into my skin to replace the one I'd lost
Oh how it hurt when the blade cut in but the pain was all the same
I can distract myself with the wounds external, to hide the ones within
And maybe when they finally heal I will have forgotten your name...

I feel every minute
Scraping by like the ceaseless chafing of the tides
Each one of you that enters my life
A glimmer of hope as destructive as the crashing of the waves
And I am left as only grains of sand