Her embrace was a clinch to prevent hard blows. She pulled me close to push me away. Seeing my nakedness she leant me a dream of chainmail and shield. Taking love from me she gave a reprieve to a mind resigned to the slow death of feeling.
Ignoring my words she heard my faint silent heartbeat and understood that it was music too quiet for the world to hear and turned it up louder than I could stand. I wept in my deafness as she danced.
if i wrote my future all would be changed from the way i was raised to the thoughts in my brain if i wrote my future no love would be lost so i’d stand right beside you no matter the cost if i wrote my future i’d bring nothing but peace and save you from sorrow and the darkness that creeps if i wrote my future you’d still be here but you wrote my future and i did nothing but stare