upon the sight of your face,
i grew a second heart,
because all that i saw in you
was a new start.

i carried heart #2 in my hands,
to make sure you saw its crimson shine,
and all my brain told me to do was to bide my sweet time.

but then every heartbeat became an earthquake,
and my spirits began to flatline.

time of death, i awaited
while my second heart's beat declined,
until all it became
was an echo

with every tear
i hold myself responsible

because a human that would jump off a cliff with no rope
deserves to feel the fall

in the act of damning your soul to shackles,
one can only look up:
it is the sky that holds my solace.

i like to think that each of my wishes for you
became stars,
alas my sky has darkened

perhaps the sky is only for the living

with my head bent to hell
and my heart turned to a storm,
i pay reverence to the sky,
because at last it is time to say goodbye

my new home is oblivion,
where there is only silence and night

and now my last burst of sun
seems a lot less bright

so when i speak to emptiness,
i pray for the light
of the moon

who would perhaps be kinder

do you know
what it feels like
to become a grain of sand
and get pulled from shore?

into a pool of love,
i choke
and only want more

so i make my heart into fist
and fight back,
to swim along the tides
forevermore