adam stevens

Everyone knows their lines
They're bustling in the background
I'm trying to keep up
Just fake it a while
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A thousand snowflakes hit the ground at once
Each more impure than the next
There was a shadow of something bleak
Emptiness like a living thing filled the street
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I wanted to take her by the hand
Tell her what she meant
But she was fading from sight
And what gave me the right
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It's a thankless task we do,
Not a mission to perform
They pretend to respect it
But it's a comforting lie
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Look up
he frowned, seeing nothing
I insist, she said
It's all there, just past the sky
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Swords of flame
a blur of motion and quickness
Sleek they came, slower they retreat
Fog covers steps, a whirl of grey mixed with dark
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She told me syrupy words
She thought they were a comfort
But I'd heard them All Before
Now They Were Merely A Bore
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Scream without a voice,
Run without legs to carry,
Dance without a single move
Swim with no arms to pump,
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He laughed then into the void
Sound echoing back and all around
It seemed that he had found
A crack in a solid wall
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It's an empty room now
it was once vibrant
a chorus of cheerful voices
now there's dust in the corners
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Is there something greater than love?
Such a thing held above?
Something that is more pure?
it's so difficult to be sure
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Clammy skin
the one within
He takes it for granted
not even seeing what you're looking at
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are you feeling what I'm saying?
Are you hearing what I'm speaking?
Right now mu frustration is peaking.
We're shouting in a closed-off room
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she whirled and turned away
'I could have my way any day'
she said this not with pride
and not intended to deride
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it keeps our spirits lifted,
keeps our thoughts distracted
that there'll be a different tomorrow one
a better day
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like a weight off my back
that's how it felt
so relieved I thought I'd melt
Worry, anxiety tripping me up
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magic mixed with shame
and I don't know who to blame
What if it's no one's fault?
What if it's random and I've got farther to go?
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Do you want to leave it there?
Is that what you think?
We may disagree but not dislike
that it seems too little to care
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I want just a little more time,
I don't want to let go,
even as you wave
I can't just be brave
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