I will not wither away,
I will live day by day.
Navigate this maze.
Perhaps someday find my way in this haze.
I will not wither away,
I am here to stay.
But it's getting harder to live underwater,
When your lungs can not hold more water.
I will not wither away,
I want to live, but not this way.
I packed my things and decided to leave
This intricate web someone else decided to weave.
I will not wither away,
I see life in shades of grey.
But my petals had rainbow in them
Before they were cut off from the stem.
I will not wither away.
I am a picture hanging in the hallway.
I am a painting of something that once lived,
Something they grieved.
I will not wither away
I will not wither away
I will not wither away
I chanted as I tried to resurface.
That's when I saw your face.
I saw your eyes,
As dry as ice.
Time ceased to exist for me.
I close my eyes to see.
Long ago I somehow fell in an icehole
And lost control.
I assumed I was supposed to stay here.
In the freezing water, and disappear.
I was lost.
Under the sheet of frost.
I couldn't find my way out
And I couldn't even shout.
I was here for so long
I just thought this is where I belong.
When the mouth of the icehole closed
I thought I was forever enclosed.
As my fingertips grazed against the ice
before I drowned in my own cries...
I heard your voice say,
"You will not wither away."
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Anguished Optimism
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