a hidden, sweet animosity licks my brain into submission whips and chains in position tears my veins into visions old scar incisions with surgical precision the mission is over now how did I get left out? conscience fades into haze lost distances, emotions enslaved I won't see her face again, fall back into strangers unless we pretend we can exist or be friends our love was pretense expensive, and didn't make sense but it slept in my heart so soundly, so comfortably we were never apart so swiftly, so effortlessly we fall all the way back to the start her lips were my paintbrush our love was an art the broken and the breaking and the taking of trust and the faking of lust our hands fell apart, into dust now buried in the soil underneath the earths crust planted here we will stay out of reach, out of the way to wither in denial and collapse in decay I can still see her, distant and I can't look away decimated I fall to my knees and refuse to believe I'm just one of the trees now planted and broken my limbs turn to stone if I can't leave this place then I might die alone. turn back to me, see me see the glint in my eyes one final goodbye one final first sight in the middle of the night I can't help but try my eyes closed in stone so I can't even cry my heart has broke open memories frozen in time if you can't tell me why... then please... tell me goodbye.