the gradual descent of an already breached smile. {when pitiful tears stain faultless wings.}
into the darkness.. i walk alone.. with my tarnished starlight in hand.
into the past.. i search for the only lips that conceal my future.
her outline..
beneath cotton sheets of sunlight..
is swelling with the emptiness of an unattended wound.
each and every breath is defined by words she longs to scream.
a broken melody he'll never hear.. he'll never seek.
she is dismissed with his burdens adhered to her shoulders.
and now it begins to emerge.. the shroud that never failed to seperate us.
a spineless flower can only bloom beneath pretty petals.
a brittle temptress beneath a veil of tender intentions.
my sweet, sweet, marionette..
learn as the facade unravels..
inside that binding noose, is a sickly soul..
handing you the scissors.
Poison's gradual decline.
her eyes never cried.. oh but her pores did.
her silhouette.. was the epitome of warmth.. and he left it to dwell inside the coldest of shadows.
he was making his voiceless departure..
she was building copper bridges for him to conquer those hungry fault lines.
she was placing her tears upon stilts..
her words in the ground..
and her prayers in the hands of a man who never deserved her.
maybe.. one day.. she'll be as undeniable as the weather she had hoped to create.
the paths i had followed, screamed of your footprints..
i firmly believed my constant companion of direction was because of you.
maybe it was just a wrinkle in my confidence..
maybe i traveled the highways of another's heart..
but i swear your fingerprints match the map i've been keeping.
