May the universe speak lies
To your eager ears
So you can seek the truth
Of life, death, and fears

May the heavens give you blessings
You know you aren't worthy for
And the gods answer the prayers
Instead of locking their doors

And when your lips distort reality
And your fantasies become ambitions
The tides will crash and the skies will fall
When you drift away from reason

May the world chafe you raw
For you will be rebuilt
And the sins within will cease
From your regrets and guilt

The arms of the clock weigh heavy in my conscience
Reminding me of when it used to say
How much time I had left, not how much wasted

I look out to these vibrant skies
Seeing with the colors you gave me
Yet in the corners of the clouds there is grayness
A remnant of who we used to be

Moving on, finding someone else
They all seem to have your smile
And with every time I find love again
It's as if I just found you once more

I remember when you walked out the door
And the street lights shone brightly upon you
And your shadow crawled along the floor to me
To enter my mind, spinning into a memory

Last night I giggled with my new partner
Discussing the future and how we would walk it
And for a moment we settled, gazes meeting halfway
Then I saw the universe in her eyes
I saw you.