I hear her
A rattle
Beating inside my chest
Stem the tide
A face that's mine
A quiet lie
If you could see in me
A language buried deep
A wish unsewn
Come home
A cage is laid
From bone and shade for you
Can't turn off
Can't turn down
So bright inside my head
Got to breathe
Sit and be
Never leave
Burned right to the quick
Wild prayers, no tricks
Her grip
Her lips
At my mouth
She is the poison
She is my cure
I hear laughter in the silence
Such is madness, such is violence
The struggle, that's what binds us
My secret dark defiance
When thoughts come uninvited
Like weeds, they grow inside us
To the seeds, we turn for guidance
Alone
I am the poison, I am the cure