the secret

[somanymaybes]

until the last resilient hope
is frozen deep inside my bones
and this broken fate has claimed me and my memories
for its own
your name is pounding through my veins
can't you hear how it is sung?
and i can taste you in my mouth
before the words escape my lungs

there is a secret that we keep
i won't sleep if you won't sleep
because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given
we are compelled to do what we have to
we are compelled to do what we have been forbidden