Oh empty heart, I've got to make room for this feeling, It's so much bigger than me
Sometimes It Feels Like A Presence Insisting Attention
Only my shadow is here
And I am that
Empty and hollow
A projection of pain
Stretching the lines
Of my face to show
Each agony it’s seen
And I remember
Promises, promises that it would fade
I remember
Followed all this way and tearing at my back
I remember
It’s still all here
Inside of me
All of those faces
I have seen so much pain in it’s many ways
It’s still here
I remember
Even after all the time
Has gone from the world
It burns inside me
I remember
It is real hands I feel
Real tears on my cheeks
A real scream
Cutting an edge
Into my lips
I remember
I see the marks you left
Still
There under the skin
I remember there were eyes watching
All the hurt blossoming in my
Tiny forgotten heart
The roses growing tall while
Others planted daffodils and lilies
Forget-me-nots and orchids
A wild garden inside me for miles
Thick roots choking me to death
I remember
You did nothing
So now
I remember