Flickering Flame

In the twilight of summer, you shook like a leaf

And blew to the ground in a pile at my feet

I picked you up, we fell into place

On the park bench in silence, we spoke with no words

You held me like water, to placate your thirst

Your lifeboat, your anchor, your perfect mistake

The white coat of winter, you wore like a veil

Thin as a whisper, but sharp as a nail

The wind on the river is calling your name, with a voice so tame

Be my light, my flickering flame

In the bell tower basement, beneath the cold world

The feelings you'd bunched up so gently unfurled

You held me close, I tried to hold on

The next cloudy morning, you woke in my arms

I made you some coffee, you showed me your scars

And I knew, one day, that I'd be your next

The stray light was running, you touched me and said

"As young as I was, I felt older back then"

Two parallel lines on an infinite plane, trying to cross in vain

Be my light, my flickering flame

The cascades are thawing, and flowing again

The ice that was frozen is slowly beginning

To move down the river, as it had to be

There's a lake in the country, where dreams go to die

It's flooding the banks where it once had been dry

The petrified spirits are finally free

No flame is eternal, it just takes a drip

No life is forever, it's all just a blip

The ashes were carried on down to the drain by the callous rain

Say goodnight, my flickering flame