Beneath The Surface

Is there ever really a right time?

You had led me to believe

Someday you'd be there for me.

When the stars above aligned,

When you weren't so consumed...

I kept looking for the clues.

So I waited in the shadows of my heart

And still the time was never right.

Until one day I stopped caring

And began to forget why I longed to be so close.

And I disappeared into the darkness

And the darkness turned to pain

And never went away

Until all that remained

Was buried deep beneath the surface.

A shell of what things could have been.

Tired bones beneath a veil

Of guarded secrets all to frail

Sad to think I never knew

You were searching for the words,

For the moment to emerge.

Yet, the moment never came.

You couldn't risk my fragile frame.

Until one day you stopped caring

And began to forget why you tried to be so close.

And you disappeared into the darkness

And the darkness turned to pain

And never went away

Until all that remained

Was buried deep beneath the surface.

I would scream just to be heard,

As if yelling at the stars.

I was bleeding just to feel.

You would never say a word.

Kept me reaching in the dark.

Always something to conceal.

Until one day I stopped caring

And began to forget why I longed to be so close.

And I disappeared into the darkness

And the darkness turned to pain

And never went away

Until all that remained

Was buried deep beneath the surface.

Beneath the surface.