Pieces

You see her from the deep garden and her hair is soaking wet

The bedroom light is flickering to the pounding of your heart

You close your eyes and count to ten and then they open, you are steeled

Slow your breathing down to meet all the shadows and the ghosts

The pieces of your heart collapse to the sound of beating drums

You can't contain it anymore so just let the madness come

There's something in the way she moves that just terrorises you

You've tried to piece confusing clues together in your head

I see you there, you're shining like a beacon

The fabric tears and my love burns for you

The end of me is in there with you right now

The car engine is still too hot to touch

You're married to her in your mind and she loves you like a son

You're yearning for the place in time and a home to call your own

It smashed into you hard enough that you will not soon forget

You want her like a sword and shield and you want her here and now

I see you there, you are my only empire

I call your name but it becomes the wind

The sudden lurch, the quickening of foot falls

My bible held above me like an axe

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