
A Home I Couldn’t Live In
Blue light on the ceiling Morning at the glass I was lying close beside you Feeling oceans in the gap You were quiet as a coastline With your mind beyond the room I kept reaching for your heartbeat But it never reached back soon I loved you with devotion Soft hands, open door Made a chapel from your silence Then kept kneeling on the floor I did not need forever Written in the sky I just wanted you to see me Standing in the light You were the love of my life But your heart was never mine I kept trying to bloom Where there was no sunlight I did not leave because I stopped loving I left because I was fading You were a home I could not live in And I was dying trying to stay there Invisible to you Invisible to you I was calling from the room But I never reached you Invisible to you Invisible to you I loved you in the dark But I had to choose me too Your hands were almost gentle Your voice was almost near But almost is a country Where I lived for one long year I learned the shape of waiting The weight of being kind How to smile across the table While disappearing in your eyes There were nights I watched you breathing Like a prayer I could not keep Loving you felt holy But it cost me too much peace And I know you never meant it Maybe that is the saddest part Some hearts are not cruel They are just never where you are You were the love of my life But your heart was never mine I kept trying to bloom Where there was no sunlight I did not leave because I stopped loving I left because I was fading You were a home I could not live in And I was dying trying to stay there Invisible to you Invisible to you I was calling from the room But I never reached you Invisible to you Invisible to you I loved you in the dark But I had to choose me too I wanted to be seen Without begging for your eyes Wanted to be heard Without swallowing my cries Wanted to be chosen In the ordinary way Like a name you say softly At the ending of the day But love should not feel lonely When the person is lying close And I became a shadow Trying not to need a soul So I kissed the dream goodbye With my whole heart in my hands Some exits are not endings They are how a woman stands I was not angry when I left I was breaking into light Still loving who you were But no longer losing mine You were the love of my life But your heart was never mine I kept trying to bloom Where there was no sunlight I did not leave because I stopped loving I left because I was fading You were a home I could not live in And I was dying trying to stay there You were the love of my life But I am still part of mine I walked out of the dark Before it swallowed mine I did not leave because I stopped loving I left because I had to You were a home I could not live in But I loved you I loved you I loved you Female choir only. Soft violin fading. Invisible to you But I see me now I see me now I see me now

