we could draw no light
and some had tried to help
we were given health
we were given hell

we chose to atrophy
we said it was
just us, keeping silence

she could draw no light,
and I refused

don’t remind me alone
or when I’m alone

better to remember
when I am too drunk
to remember

he drew no light
but I did
and so he became me

I am kept in a form
this is the case- my case
so I will take the form
without resistance

now,
I choose no light
I say it is
just me, keeping silence

hidden, and not
this form, keeping me
I draw no light
and this is what I
have come to say