Fading

The nights are crisp and long And lonely My heart bleeds out My breath trembling The blood runs cold As I am waiting Leaves churning through the breeze Aching for you to hold me Thorn barrier Wrapped around My bleeding eyes Dripping down A withering flower Blackening and wilting with each bewitching hour My words engraved Scrolled across this wall Forever condemned Like the damned The darkness calling out to me Your voice reaches out to me and pulls me in Before I truly ever can fall Now I’m here But my heart is there I’m fading fast Pinching closed my wounds So that I might try and last Growing numb Rolling the blade between my finger and thumb But I won’t Because I promised Because I care My weakness and my strength To be with you I’d go to great lengths