come up here

where is your heart??
i found it in the sand
it was in the dust
though circumstance brought it back to you
it remains lifeless

they say that love must use you
like that is a given - all the time
but i have seen something truer
and loved one as blind

i've given love
i've given love
i've given love

i saw you in your room today
enclosed in all your tears
it makes me hate them for what they did to you
even more when you tell me not to care

dissecting truth, breaking apart shadows
your heart exists in memories
no recognition of it now..
this punishment for trust
shattering, stripping, twisting the beauty away

i need the things that they took
telling them to give them back relentlessly
only increases their apathy
distance fills your mind with thoughts
a space and time full of regret

you've given love
you've given love
you've given love

how can i lose your heart
when it isn't in your chest?
it is an orphaned child
beating: forgotten in emptiness

shadows, graves and lies
sorrows' reflection remains to entice us
it leads us down a sullen road
where drunken men cling to the cracks in the walls.

don't say you'll regret your decision
or pretend you can't see that far
my heart beats open and exudes the confidence uncommon
.. love restrained

i am standing at the waters edge now
where are you?
do you think i am afraid to see you like this?
the anchor drops -
you are not alone.

i can see through the lies in your teeth
fear will choke love of its breath
vulnerability lives in light
found in brokenness...

there is a choice in these hands
can i see the value of it?
thoughts rest in silence
this calm hope
watching, waiting, trusting

the flower blossoms painfully
the sunlight caresses the sky
the tree that lives in you stands to meet the stars

will the truth capsize and sink beneath these waves?
forbidden and alone
tell me why love is pain
if it makes it easier to walk away

lies dissipate in the air,
the ashes of fear and hate disintegrating
floating to the ground
through tears - running...

barricades and time bombs hail from the sky
pandemonium inspires no emotion
fear means nothing: your hand rests in mine

all i can see in this moment is you
is love.
the sound of laughter echoes in your eyes