Silhouettes - Sleeping At Last

You wrote your name in invisible ink

For you were so afraid of what they might think

But the scars they left, they were loud and clear

Weren’t they?

weren’t they?

When it’s too much to bare, memories erase

A disappearing act, deserving of our thanks

When it surfaces, just hold your breath

And swim

Just swim

You begged and begged for some kind of change:

Maybe they’d wake up tomorrow and regret the pain

That they’ve passed down to you like DNA

But no luck, no luck

It seems only by the hand of God or death

Will they truly change their silhouettes

For a miracle or a consequence

You wait and wait

Maybe distance is the only cure?

Far away from hurt is where healing occurs

But all you really want to do is make them proud

Don’t you?

don’t you?

It must be so hard, in the mess you’re always cleaning up

To believe in the ghost of unbroken love

But I promise you

The truth is that you’re loved.

so loved