You locked me up in your velvet box
Put it away so you would never have to look
At the failed memory of me
As the dust chokes my breath
And tears my eyes
Makes it hard to swallow my pride
You swaddled me in silk emotions
Too delicate to touch
So we never did
Too fragile to enjoy limitlessly
So we put halters on our words
And shackles on our hands
Because we were terrified to think of shattering
And having no-one to pick up the shards.
