Lost in the sound

The wind in my ears

A violent scream

As I reach for you

Blinded by your tempting smile

'Don't let me go'

'Don't leave me alone'

Pleading,

A bitter language

Made sickeningly familiar

To my still-beating heart

'Cause you were my sun

My vibrant stars

My endless sky

My love, for you are the sea

As frightening as the body

Of which you've risen from at birth

And I am the moon

Lonely still

You were the breath on my cracked lips

As we say goodbye

Because you were my hero

And I wanted you to be mine

But you were her's

So undeniably distant

Out of my reach

Like the peace I yearn for

So let me go

I'm sick of fighting

Fighting for one last glance

Into those haunting eyes

As green as the grass

That dies at my feet

If only you knew

How much I need you

How much I wish

You could chase away

The darkness in my mind

As taunting as the shadows

And as cold as the night

Promised to me by the Fates

Does she need you

The way I do?

Maybe that's why

Her love is more tempting then mine

You deserve the light

Promised by her love

For I, alone

Rot the fleeting hope

From your fragile bones

I long for nothing more

Than the love brought

To me by your embrace

Air tight in our lungs

Like a vice, struggling

'Cause you are the

Violent breath I breathe

So hold onto me

Or let me go

Don't linger

Because as the sun's hopeful rays

Kiss the strangled branches of the trees

For I leave this world behind

The sight of life without your love

Is pain worse than death

Because all I beg of you

Is remembrance in your heart

An extravagant plea

Too large for my feeble being

So I wish you love

That I could not give

That you would not accept

From my suffocating grip

As long as you promise

You'll hold my memory dear

Because you're all I've ever dreamed for

And I'm among your greatest regrets

The sight of my body

As I say goodbye

My withering vessel nothing more

Than thin, white canvas

Stretched over a wiry frame

Of weakened bones

Because this unfed longing for you

Has sucked the life from hopeful eyes

So now all left that I can hope

Is that you'll remember me

As I was when we met

A youthful child

With love, still for this existence

Before this virus in my heart

Consumed me so fully

Remember my heart as it once was

Still beating

Without a skip

Without the cracks worn

From the fight

Of losing you, my love.