You're the warmth in my cheeks
And the skip in my heart
The shake in my knees
You break me apart
These walls that I’ve built
With care and precision
Crumble at your will
Unguarded emotion
With you, I can't breathe
But I don't really mind
The burn in my lungs
Tells me I’m alive
I’ll give you the world
If you give me peace
Just hold me tight
And fall down with me

Underneath your plastered smile
I see your broken past
You walk around like nothings wrong
A calm, perfected act
But in your eyes
I can see the pain
The sadness and hurt
Your abuse and rage
So please stop hiding
I am here for you
You don't have to go it alone
I’ll help you make it through
Don't be afraid to hurt me
I’m already hurt
Just tell me what he did to you
So in my heart, he’ll burn
Come to me, so we can talk
Receive the help you haven't sought
So I can tell you there’s no need to be sorry
What he did to you was not your fault

His fingertips brush the heat on my cheeks
His knowing smile- my lip between my teeth
Those darkened eyes that bore into me
I shiver at his touch, craving release
His fingers travel along my skin
So close to that which needs attention
But he toys with me, with that evil grin
His fingers straying anywhere but within
I’m not a fool- I know what he seeks
This game he plays to force me weak
Making me shake and whimper and weep
So desperate for that oh so sweet release
And I know the moment when he wins
The moment he plunges his fingers in
How I cry out and the convulses begin
Claiming me completely his

I am folding in on myself
I don't think anyone can help
Trapping my own sadness within
All I'm left with is self destruction
The light within me is fading
I can feel the happy slipping
The black is creeping around the edges
My vision cascades into darkness
I tiptoe around the uncertainty
These heavy thoughts weighing on me
I am sculpting this agony
Into careful addictions
My mind is spinning
In life's contradictions
I want to let go
I want to let go

How do I know
Where I’m going
If I can only see
So far ahead of me
I’m just riding this train
Into life, and as I go
I’m wondering what’s
The point in it all
I’m stuck, confused
These faces blur past me
And I try to decipher
Which ones will save me
The past the present,
The unacquainted future
In life there really is
Nothing for certain
We will never know,
The reasons why
Our answers
Seem tongue tied
Our curiosity
Never dissolved
This puzzle
Forever unsolved
But when I close my eyes
I can almost see
That flurry of hope
You’ve planted in me
That things will get better
That one of these days
My head will clear
I’ll escape this haze
And for that, my dear
I have to thank you
For giving me the lenses
I’d never quite looked through

Entangled with you
This brand new chapter
My home, my prison
My lover, my captor
Our hearts beating in sink
But mine breaks and it creaks
And I've long since forgot
Which way is up
We are all that is
Hands, skin and blood
Fear is my favorite
Four letter word
If you don't count the one
My eyes tend to blur
You're a thirst I can't quench
A salt-water filled trench
I’m inhaling your touch
But it's never enough
Whenever I miss you
I am nothing but splinters
I try to breathe you in again
But my lungs have withered
Our sky has cracked
Thin lines of black
From space, but no stars
Can squeeze through our scars
So we drown in our sins
As the dark flows in