Open sand
Open sky
Open hands
Open eyes
I need you
I’m alone in my reliance on you
This can’t be
You’re standing strong as I fall to ruin
My tears fall
Dried by the sand and your attire
I’m not yours
The clothes I now wear better cement reliance on you
I didn’t mean to leave a trail
I feel your eyes peer right through me
I wonder who will ever know
My fear is sewn upon my sleeve
I’m not sure why I’m here
A sort of half thought retreat
But with the line erased
I’ve taken in my unease
Broken wings keep us here
A haven to get us by
I’m blinded next to you
Gunshots melt in the red sky
The smell of home holds us
Held close by those dear to us
Slowly growing without knowing
The burden soon set upon us
I remember it clearly
I cling to it tightly
I long for it dearly
I’m woken by it nightly
But not this time
I knowingly resigned
Stuck thinking back on all we used to be
You were truly meant for me
I can’t face you
I can’t even tell you
Why I sometimes cry
I can’t face you
I can’t even tell you
Why I can’t say goodbye
Now I wake to my own teardrops
Given leave to rebuild myself
I try to keep my mind on track
Then you show your face, with her, with words
And your scent adorns her body
Our home is nothing more than ashes
Flowing on the whims of the wind