emaN yM yaS

I hand out “forever” like spare change You still say thank you, like it’s real I fill the room so silence doesn’t eat me whole You catch every ray I bleed Without your eyes I’m just a hollow frame A name no one bothers to repeat You rearrange your sky to match my weather Bend your bones to keep me at the center We both pretend this isn’t corrosion Look at me… look at me… Your gaze is the only mirror that still works If you look away, I start to blur Mirror, mirror, on the wall Who’s the realest of them all? It’s only me as long as you keep breathing me Love me and no one else Everyone else is fog, everyone else is dust You’re nothing but my mirror My only proof I exist I sell you “love” on easy payments You pay with years you’ll never get back The second you stop reflecting me perfectly I’ll call it growth and disappear intact But truth is — when you leave, the crown turns to ash The lights all crash I loved the version of me in your eyes The real one makes me want to die My friend… my darling… my hostage… my god… Stay right here forever Don’t let the dark take me Just say my name… emaN yM yaS! emaN yM yaS! The mirror shatters… I shatter with it… Look at ME! Look at ME! Look at what’s left of me! Your eyes were my armor, now they’re cracking me Love me or let me disappear I’m nothing without my mirror! I hand out “forever” like loose change… Even as I vanish in your hands…