Blistering blood makes,
One numb tongue.
We work together,
I’ll take the punch.
Tears dry fast,
Fast enough to be forgotten,
Slow enough to sting,
Always running from the feeling-
It means nothing.
Blow down the house,
With your huffs, and your puffs.
Ask for forgiveness,
When you’re done.
Destroy it all,
You forget to create.
Something in failing makes you shake.
If only a moment,
Say what you feel.
It will be over soon,
It will cease being real.
Wonder what stopped you.
What was there,
Your mouth always moving,
Did you get scared?
Why would you tell me,
What could you say,
There is no explanation,
That has what I crave.
The fuel of my state,
The pain I maintain.
The story of a world,
Created and unfurled.
Whatever you say,
Tongue trapped, soul at bay
I’m only here for you,
For your tears and your wounds.
The fight is over,
The battle was made up,
I can’t keep going,
I can’t just give up.
I’m telling you again,
I know you are stuck.
Let go,
Dive in,
If you never cry,
You never live.
Alyssa Westerlund
One numb tongue.
We work together,
I’ll take the punch.
Tears dry fast,
Fast enough to be forgotten,
Slow enough to sting,
Always running from the feeling-
It means nothing.
Blow down the house,
With your huffs, and your puffs.
Ask for forgiveness,
When you’re done.
Destroy it all,
You forget to create.
Something in failing makes you shake.
If only a moment,
Say what you feel.
It will be over soon,
It will cease being real.
Wonder what stopped you.
What was there,
Your mouth always moving,
Did you get scared?
Why would you tell me,
What could you say,
There is no explanation,
That has what I crave.
The fuel of my state,
The pain I maintain.
The story of a world,
Created and unfurled.
Whatever you say,
Tongue trapped, soul at bay
I’m only here for you,
For your tears and your wounds.
The fight is over,
The battle was made up,
I can’t keep going,
I can’t just give up.
I’m telling you again,
I know you are stuck.
Let go,
Dive in,
If you never cry,
You never live.
Alyssa Westerlund