I heard you were losing yourself.
I heard you’d been sought out by darkness,
And although I knew how quickly
That unwavering night
Could grind a person to dust,
I prayed that you’d find light
In and around you,
To melt away those shadows.

Years passed,
And there was safety in numbers
All those months, weeks and sunlit days told me
This boy must’ve patched up
His fractured mind;
Surely he’s filled up those black holes
Brimful with glowing remedies
So they can’t eat him alive.

But today the rain falls like tears
To wash away the brine
That clings to our cheeks.
Today there aren’t words
Or explanations,
There’s just an emptiness
That’s filled with
Echoes of you.

The saddest part
Is that in this huge chaotic world,
Full of love and hope and kindred spirits,
There was still a vacuum of solitude
For your aching heart
That made you believe
You were completely
Alone.

But it’s not over, sweet boy,
For as long as your name
Keeps falling out of our mouths
And into our shaking hands
You’ll be lingering at our fingertips,
Unreachable
But somehow
Here.