Within the sea
There was a chest a vault underneath
I venture into the ruins of a castle Made from clay and poor wooden floorboards I see it there, it taunts me With tape surrounding it, saying it's a danger yet I fear nothing anymore for I am lost and tore I rip away the vanity, the sins webbing it all together the weather changed it was a warning, I was going to fail but I prevail to unleash years of pain onto me
It thunders as it opens it cracks the skies, it makes me go blind I forgot what was inside It was first a heavenly spirit Told me I was something of a wonder she showed me clouds up above then it rains blood, heads, and guts She told me "I wasn't enough" I held her as much as she stabbed me She melted in my arms I couldn't save what was unhappy I walked away finding a lake in the pale sun The mist came out of the box A mermaid told me I was a fox
She was popular yet I was mysterious surrounding her was unknown sharks I had demons who know I'm something lost but I forgot She told me "I am fine, don't worry where I am" as blood filled the waters I dived trying to save someone's daughter But like before I faltered I couldn't alter the dangers around her
So they followed me, haunt me in my dreams The sun let down, it was sunset I was cold, gone, and left behind from everything inside She came to me in a chariot She told me "I wasn't broken yet" Sang me songs, told me I belong somewhere somehow
Profound by the stories She cries she worries, every clock she checks if I'm in the hour Soon she gave in, she showered Moving a blade around her skin Telling me "When does it end?"
I lost my powers, I'm something you shouldn't worry
I held hands as she bled out of my tales
Then last, night came
I look to the stars
Then she descended upon me
telling me "it's your fault, that they died, you tired"
Then she holds me, brings me back to life just a bit longer
Telling me my lights are there
and I'm right here
Yet she is fleeting and I'm dying
surviving under the same dark skies
she hasn't died
one of the only things keeping me alive
as we talked through the night
as if nothing can keep us down
Photo by Valentin Müller
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