Married

A different shade of a familiar color
I don't have the strength to
Suffer under the weight of yet another
Ending where I could lose you
Adrift at sea, on splintered reeds
The rope that keeps us tethered
It's coming unwound, don't let me drown
I can't hold it all together
The fire is gone, we dance upon
The family of embers that remain
Blistered feet, we grit our teeth
Pretending we aren't smoldering away

Married an illusion
Buried in delusion
Varied comprehension
Emptied with depression

The gentle wind, it kissed your skin
And lifted you along beneath its breath
Away it flew, and took from you
The words you couldn't find before your death
The seeds below can never grow
The holes you dug, so bloody and so deep
The peace you found, laid in the ground
Buried far below our grieving feet

Married an illusion
Married an illusion