Memories, Solitude

Step into the flames, be sure not to call my name

Just pull me in and pull me under
Pretend that we don't know our fates

Nothing but a false plea. Your hand squeezes mine but all I feel is release
A pitched up resonance only to be tuned down again
A frequency still heard even with ears sewn shut
The sound of your feet falling to the ground after each step
Is there anything left?
Anything more than friction, resistance, to be complicit?
Complication is all we've ever caused
Sedation into patience. Temptation into frustration
All that was sacrificed and the memory is lost
Scattered away into nothingness until all we know is empty palms
Reaching for solitude in who I once was
I'm black and white and you're grey

And there's nothing I can say
To result in decision

You've made up your mind, but you didn't
So all I do is stay
Enrich me in your favourite dream and then deceive me
Remind me why I'm afraid to fall asleep
Keep me here and I'll stay because I can't ever leave
Scatter ashes from burnt memories