Listen To Me As I Sing Sweet Death To You, Lulling You To Sleep Forever.
The man watched me, as I clung to the thin edge of metal, waves crashing a thousand feet below me, wind whipping at my body and making me hug the trailer tight. His face was unreadable, and he called out to me, "Well, girl? What is your choice?"
As I fall through the air,
You reach, but miss me
Screaming my name
And that this isn't fair.
I gritted my teeth and bit back a yell as another chunk of scrap metal fell past me to smah against the waves and the rocks. Glancing under me, I felt a shudder run along my spine, turning back to cling against the thick roof of the Delux Wunder, eyes shut.
"What do you mean? Help me!" I screamed, but he made to move to haul me up. I was only a few feet from the top, and could easily make the two foot gap between the cliffside and the vehicle I was hanging off of. But instead, I was siezed in an unshakable panic, and felt a sob of fear come up, lodging in my throat.
"Help yourself, girl. From now on, you have to live for yourself. The boy is dead. So pick yourself up and move forward!"
But I grab you
And we fall together,
holding each other tight
as we plummet into the deep, dark night.
The wind screamed in my ears and made it hard to process what he said. When I did, hot tears bubbled and ran down my cheeks, blinding me. But I blinked them away and pressed my forehead to the cool metal, thinking.
My hands were cramping, and I refused to die here. Clenching my jaw, and grunting in effort, I pushed up, grabbing another rung on the top ladder I was holding onto.
The trailer creaks treacherously.
Slowly dragging myself onto the windshield, careful not to crack it, I crawled to the edge of the gap. From there, I stiffened, staring at the tall boulders embedded into the seacliff was, ready to smash me to bits should I fall. But the moment passed and I looked up. The man was gone.
No stars watch us as we fall
and nobody yells for us when we die
Only for each other to we call
and only for each other do we cry.
In this, the night we both died.
Standing, legs shaking, I waited until a tiny lull in the screaming, howling wind, and leap, blood roaring in my ears, chest thundering as my heart slammed against my ribcage. I flew for a split second, time freezing justl ong enough for me to be sure I didn't make it. But I slam on the ground and tumble away from the ledge, breathe coming in ragged gasps. Trying to calm down so I won't hyperventilate, I pass my hands over the bristly grass on the mostly bare ground ,celebrating my victory.
Emptiness or blind are some words
that come to mind as we meet,
But as we embrace for yet another time,
my eyes are so full that I can't see.
I can only feel you're arms around me.
Heart slowing down, I stand again, as the trailer creaks like nails on a chalkboard, the wheels that clung to the rocks on the edge moaning in pain. Finally it lets go, and the rocks almost rise up to meet it, they go so far into the side of the metal beast, one hitting the fuel tank. A huge explosion sends me back to the earth, and a few chunks of dirt fall to the sea, crumbling on impact. Ears ringing, eyes unfocused for a moment, I swallow dryly.
My brother's body was inside. I wasn't kidding myself that he was alive, but I'd hoped t bury him next to mother if I could. As the clouds of smoke billowed from the reckage as it sunk under the ocean, I waved sadly. Bye, brother. I'm sorry I couldn't take you home.
Stumbling our whole lives,
we walk steadily into death,
a melody we don't know being cried
But as we disappear a final time,
I hear myself whisper,
'I am home, sister.'
As I fall through the air,
You reach, but miss me
Screaming my name
And that this isn't fair.
I gritted my teeth and bit back a yell as another chunk of scrap metal fell past me to smah against the waves and the rocks. Glancing under me, I felt a shudder run along my spine, turning back to cling against the thick roof of the Delux Wunder, eyes shut.
"What do you mean? Help me!" I screamed, but he made to move to haul me up. I was only a few feet from the top, and could easily make the two foot gap between the cliffside and the vehicle I was hanging off of. But instead, I was siezed in an unshakable panic, and felt a sob of fear come up, lodging in my throat.
"Help yourself, girl. From now on, you have to live for yourself. The boy is dead. So pick yourself up and move forward!"
But I grab you
And we fall together,
holding each other tight
as we plummet into the deep, dark night.
The wind screamed in my ears and made it hard to process what he said. When I did, hot tears bubbled and ran down my cheeks, blinding me. But I blinked them away and pressed my forehead to the cool metal, thinking.
My hands were cramping, and I refused to die here. Clenching my jaw, and grunting in effort, I pushed up, grabbing another rung on the top ladder I was holding onto.
The trailer creaks treacherously.
Slowly dragging myself onto the windshield, careful not to crack it, I crawled to the edge of the gap. From there, I stiffened, staring at the tall boulders embedded into the seacliff was, ready to smash me to bits should I fall. But the moment passed and I looked up. The man was gone.
No stars watch us as we fall
and nobody yells for us when we die
Only for each other to we call
and only for each other do we cry.
In this, the night we both died.
Standing, legs shaking, I waited until a tiny lull in the screaming, howling wind, and leap, blood roaring in my ears, chest thundering as my heart slammed against my ribcage. I flew for a split second, time freezing justl ong enough for me to be sure I didn't make it. But I slam on the ground and tumble away from the ledge, breathe coming in ragged gasps. Trying to calm down so I won't hyperventilate, I pass my hands over the bristly grass on the mostly bare ground ,celebrating my victory.
Emptiness or blind are some words
that come to mind as we meet,
But as we embrace for yet another time,
my eyes are so full that I can't see.
I can only feel you're arms around me.
Heart slowing down, I stand again, as the trailer creaks like nails on a chalkboard, the wheels that clung to the rocks on the edge moaning in pain. Finally it lets go, and the rocks almost rise up to meet it, they go so far into the side of the metal beast, one hitting the fuel tank. A huge explosion sends me back to the earth, and a few chunks of dirt fall to the sea, crumbling on impact. Ears ringing, eyes unfocused for a moment, I swallow dryly.
My brother's body was inside. I wasn't kidding myself that he was alive, but I'd hoped t bury him next to mother if I could. As the clouds of smoke billowed from the reckage as it sunk under the ocean, I waved sadly. Bye, brother. I'm sorry I couldn't take you home.
Stumbling our whole lives,
we walk steadily into death,
a melody we don't know being cried
But as we disappear a final time,
I hear myself whisper,
'I am home, sister.'