Close my eyes and I’m asleep,
Falling heart first into the abyss,
You speak,
Now that you ask,
No
I’m not okay,
I have looked at this love from both sides
And now know that
It was never mean to reign,
And I could never be your hero,
Kiss away the pain,
Instead I just took your breath away

Maybe I was just a kiss in the dark
That was never meant to be shown the light,
I was made to fall apart
So you could fix me and tell me you were my saviour,
Sketch the glint back in my eyes,
Paint on the smile,
And yet “goodbye” cannot escape my lips
For they are just wanting your touch,
And how ignorant of me,
To say instead let me in or let me out,
I should have let myself sit in blissful purgatory,
Let the burns burn deep.

You ask me why I have not seen you in a while,
I have my reasons,
That is all I can say,
You haven’t changed,
Still wear that smile
You still smell the same,
Your eyes still have that glaze
That never truly lets anyone in,
You still glow,
The lonely glimmer burns,
Against our better judgement
It yearns.

We had our time,
The kisses were charming
And the romance amorous,
But the fight was over too soon,
And we, the wounded, had to leave,
The stars fell around us as we kissed goodbye,
Leaving a sparkle on our skin
And an embrace in our smile,
Maybe we should have clung on
Instead of tying our own noose,
But at the end you ran through my fingers
Like liquid sunshine.

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