The minutes drag into hours, drag into days
A loud silence like the screams in my head
A yearning like the ache in my chest

A tremble in my limbs, a hitch in my breath
A memory fading, a moment bleeding

Crack in the foundation of my soul
Rend my heart open and fall
Tumbling into the tangle of sheets
Strangle me
Take me away from here

The surface ripples, swallows me in
I am not undone I am not free
Far away the anchors of my soul
Let me drown, let me be

Shatter the glass
Fade and feel
The wind, the wings I don't have
Don't catch me when I fall

Pretense
Smiles biting into my flesh
Lies, the eyes watching, the words cutting
my skin
Don't hold back let me bleed