Breathing Room Barricades

and then there was one
with a sharpened grin
a home i was never meant to find.
the wound was exposed
and i fell in
a curse i was blessed with as a child
and i
spent my life waiting for this
i knew
i even bore the mark around my wrist
and i
feel like this could be enough
and i
this could be the one
this could be the one.
raise your palms to me
and let me show you where our lines collide
graze the scalp and see
show me where you think they placed that tracking device.
it is so contagious
you can't
escape from me
you can't
run
they're hot on your trail
hunting your down for a lock of your hair
and they shot your on the space between your wings.
they tied your limbs and made you sing
what makes you so evasive?
you won't escape from me.
we've lost communication
these words will dissipate
i've scoured through this wasteland
you are a mystery
and i caught you right before you fled
if i could breathe in your air
then i'd believe what you said
if i could see what you see
then i would never have left
i picked apart all the clues that i found
i stood out i stood out for you to show yourself
we can forget everything we've become
it's not far it's not far until the oxygen
show me what's in store
locked beneath trap doors
for every plot
unrevealed
you counted my scars and made me sing
every note
every secret
you forced me back into lucidity
and you proved to us,
you proved to me
suffer the distance between
we'll douse our words in kerosene
suffer leave something for me
we'll burn them all until we make this true
i'll clip my wings and give it all to you.