Fading

Are you bleeding, burdened
Choked by the boxes, locked tight to keep your hurt in
From those boys who've beaten and battered you broken
So the cycle continues from words left unspoken
Running into any arms that are even halfway open
Pretending as if this is an okay way to cope and
Not thinking for a second that you could put your hope in
Something more than the shady, shattered shoreline
Of coast to coast crossings where you've been picking up cargo
Something more than the memories that haunt your mind
So much so that sleep is a commodity lost long ago
From trying to tie up your sinking ship at any port o' call
That would offer you a soft respite whether it knew you there at all
Or simply like the way your sea legs looked in that dress
All the land-lubbin' liars kept callin' you Miss Mess
'Cause with you came the storm and those tiny sea towns
Were lost to the water, but not once did you drown
On and on did you float somewhere out on the sea
Just one with the waves and the fish and the breeze
Though your hair smelled like mountains and flowers up high
And your hands were as soft as a bright, cloudless sky
Through which song birds came soaring and no rain was pouring
And all was a wonder and not a moment was boring
But with each sure swift smile, the weight of your words
"I don't know," slowly shoos every one of those birds
And the clouds they roll in for a second to see
A bit of your true self, some small speck of honesty
And in that moment, the sorrow shone through
A hidden beauty deeper than the skies deepest blue
Came radiating out like the rays of the sun
And in your moonlit eyes, I saw the desire to run
Residing right next to the desire to stay
The choice is now yours, and yours alone to make today