Melpomene

Cold had I calloused

Walls were raised to bear the weight

I'd not take

Too slow were my senses

Muted musings lost their way

Disconnected

Only silence remained

Holding my breath in the dark

Gasping for air

With the lungs of a lark

So warm was the welcome

Humble in its embrace

Tell me just how did you save me?

Pull me up from the grave?

Though my youth did mislead

I would retreat to you

Right back to your arms

With my spirit aglow

Where the pains of the past

Exit en masse through you

Too lost when we part

With the lungs of a lark

I (far removed from myself)

Had denied what I lost

When my heart had withdrawn to the fray

(In a whimsical way)

I would flee from the truth

I could bury in youth

You (you would have me)

You would have me if I've fallen again

Would you bring me back out of the dark?

With my lungs of a lark?

Cold

Have I calloused

But these walls are coming down