come closer, and I’ll teach you how to hang the stars.
come closer, and I’ll teach you how to hang the stars.
your shadow fades where your footsteps used to be,
a silent grave dug in the space you left behind,
buried not in earth, but in the ruin of my mind.
your shadow fades where your footsteps used to be,
a silent grave dug in the space you left behind,
buried not in earth, but in the ruin of my mind.
dragging my name like a noose through the dark that never learned to blink.
dragging my name like a noose through the dark that never learned to blink.
I rot beautifully.
I rot beautifully.
where wings scrape warnings through the dark—
and every beat of those blackened birds
echoes the truth I buried in my own bones.
where wings scrape warnings through the dark—
and every beat of those blackened birds
echoes the truth I buried in my own bones.
too much, too close, choking.
My skin is a locked diary written in bruises
that never quite fade to yellow.
too much, too close, choking.
My skin is a locked diary written in bruises
that never quite fade to yellow.
smudged with the ash of every man
who thought he could hold a storm
without drowning.
smudged with the ash of every man
who thought he could hold a storm
without drowning.
some doors, once opened,
let the night walk out wearing your face.
some doors, once opened,
let the night walk out wearing your face.
I am the reason you stop breathing
when the hallway gets too long
and the light forgets your name.
I am the reason you stop breathing
when the hallway gets too long
and the light forgets your name.
I have already begun
unmaking you
in the softest possible way.
I have already begun
unmaking you
in the softest possible way.