I used to be scared of the dark,
But now I can’t sleep without it.
I used to be scared of storms,
And now I dance in the lightning’s shadow.
Right now, I’m scared of our future -
But I’m hoping that means someday I’ll just embrace you
All the more tightly.

You make it hard to remember what song I was listening to
when my world was ending;
pale skin tangled up in dark carpets,
shallowed breathing,
the room reveling in my emptiness.

But now,
I think our melody might be even more memorable.

So
I'm tugging at your arms
as if they were the rope around my neck;
please don't let me fall.

Someday I'll gather all of your fractured promises together
and forge them into a ring I can put on someone else's fingers

(Even if they're wrapped around my throat)

Until then
I'll keep searching the sky for answers to
why you left
and
who the hell you’ve become