Step a little too far
If I wanted the easy way out I know you could never talk me down
To step a little too far and breathe in that familiar feeling
Ecstasy in the blood of becoming forgotten
To which incases the reply and decision
To live up to expectations, to urge towards being understood
But being understood would mean I was never really there
Contradictory is what life becomes
Perhaps a new melody that rings into the quiet of night
A stinging hum that only numbs what cannot die
Until even your heartbeat seems only to beat to bother your mind
A grating motor that beats seemingly forever
Step a little too far
The ice that incases the cold thing I call my heart has began to thin.
Slowly the warmth hidden deep inside begins to creep out.
My heartbeat can be heard.
A slight stutter.
So delicate,
At any moment it will vanish.
And everything will freeze.
So long it has been frozen.
So long it has been silenced.
How dare it beat now?
Now that it would be so beautiful not to feel?
As it beats I think of what made it so cold.
The people I saw.
The broken souls.
But steady it beats,
As it melts so slow.
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