11 Breaks 2000 In Ruins

Knocked down
From the minute my lights went out
The heat always hits first, two balloons began to crave an oxygen thirst
Waiting to burst, back to ground my world is upside down
All I see are sunburned stars reflecting scars
Burning bruised brain, a field with no vision scheduled to disengage
This thought process is heavier than long division in the 1st grade
And I'm not saying I was born brave, caught me running chuckin a smoke grenade
Time seeps in and invades, crushing casts of a decade
That branded everything I used to believe
Stranded, skin leaves dripping off my bones
Screaming for anything that feels like a home
Not ripped from the core right up on the front line, I'm at war
And you are not the sun, wrestling with vines that would heat up just about anyone
Why am I still waiting to be told that this has been enough
Countless calls, a nonexistent bluff and now I've got them all lined up
6 is the number of shots I denied just to get shot in my mind
No practice, but the fact is I need the world to stop spinning
It seems too dangerous, but bring me back to the beginning
I need to see you walk like you did before
My eyes dont even recognize who they used to see anymore
I couldnt make anyone understand this loss of familiar touch
Where is this taking you
It's just I cant
I swear I'm not asking for much
You make my darkness disapear
You are the moon crossed canopy calling on stars to reappear
I feel so alive when you brush near, family fears have began to steer an unclear path
I'll carry you along the way just like I always have
Oh no time again for bones to crack
Feel it end, marks of the wolf pack
Give me one good reason, this breathin should get harder to hold
You're on your way, will I lose control
Got me asking why you have that mask lip locked
Performing a once involuntary task
I want so bad for you to open those eyes wide
So our pupils can collide, chests collapse with rythym, im on your side
Tucked in at your request, under cover
When your shadow finds peaceful rest
I cant sit settle because I wont be caught crying
These tears cannot deny and why do good things always have to..(die)
I've been chasing the ghost of who I used to know
So drive my strength home until it ignites your soul
My insides spilled between palms in a cupped bowl
Take what you need and stitch me closed, drink to feel whole
With no map, circling the echo of a swan song, why doesnt this feel all the way wrong
And I miss the way you used to look at me, you can't fix your face to disagree
Because we all think about the way things used to be
I'll be waiting for a lifeline so my heart can have the time to realign
Who I used to know is buried deep below, these tears fall like snow

Reviews

[deeps]

I've been chasing the ghost of who I used to know
So drive my strength home until it ignites your soul
My insides spilled between palms in a cupped bowl
Take what you need and stitch me closed, drink to feel whole

I loved these lines here,
This is such an emotional piece!
It tugs on the heart strings.
Well written and expressed!