Forlorn

You hurt me You heard me You heart me You haunt me The world was falling The bees would sting They would alter me as I sang Ive been looking in this mirror too long The mirror didn’t shout today It listened as my shoulders shook And in the pause between the cries I chose to look And let it speak Blew the fractured lines of sight It gave me back our given time I remembered who we are More than weight More than a chest of faith Though the world came crashing through I am here And so are you I traced the lines with trembling hands Found younger eyes All the dreams I buried deep waiting to escape They don’t devour, they warn Of wounds that yearn but aren’t forlorn Every breath I took to peek… And you— You were never gone Just hiding in the ache too long I remembered who we are And chose to stay Chose to stand with you Hiding together Under the runways And let it ride You've been answering All along [Spoken word:] (softly) You heart me You haunt me You haunt me