Static [manxman]

Survival

A hollow glint in your eyes--you're aware

Harsh, tight set of your shoulders speaks volumes

To my fragile ears, you won't say a word

Lips sealed, key tossed, you won't breakdown with me

Waiting until I go again, you'll fall

Back into the bottom of the next bottle

Locking yourself away, punishing you

As if you had any blame for this mess

Bags live under your eyes, hole in your heart

Hollow cheeks, skin stretched tautly over ribs

Never leaving the lab, the sweats, the dark

A cage you make for yourself every time

And though I will never let you know this

I see you prepare each time this day comes

Thinking that I could stop it all and stay

But then, I would be responsible for

Your death instead of you killing yourself

Though neither of those are acceptable

I am selfish enough to know that I...

I could not live for a single day where

You did not exist because of our love

So, I will leave again and you will live!