Ashes

Fires can burn so beautifully, but they can burn for eternities.

~ Return ashes to ashes. ~

You hand me a lighter, and I suck in your lies.

The attempt is innocent, and I'm slipping out of reality. 

You're painting beautiful pictures in front of my eyes.

Open the window. I'm fading on this ride. 

We're sitting outside in a place we know all too well.

We've been trapped in vehicles of loneliness before. 

We've made memories in our own creation of hell.

Yet, you sit next to me breathing lies and killing brain cells.

You looked so cool, your face so tempting, 

But a barrier is building up like smoke on the windows.

In my right mind, I wouldn't know what I was accepting.

In this fog, I see clear signs of regressing.

One second I'm here in reality, the next an awful dream.

My chest hurts and I'm trying to wake up.

This is the last time I find myself in this passenger seat.

Once again, we're just a nightmare on repeat.

There's a thick haze glossing over my eyes.

I don't know what I'm saying before I confess,

But I'm speaking with a clearer mind.

For the first, time I'm in control of these lines.

My heart beats faster as my mind plays games on me.

A single feeling used to take all the worry away. 

From the outside, I watch myself refute it so naturally.

You move your hands back to yourself callously.

You hand me a lighter, and I suck in the truth.

You were my fire, but now you're just ashes.

Our story's been burnt out and this is long overdue. 

You're just ashes now. I've finally extinguished you.