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
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