Limerence

Opaque upon my stage
Transparent in my cage
Opaque upon my stage
Transparent in my cage

Loving you is reaching for an empty room
Counting pedals on a wilting rose’s waning bloom
Mourning the hope that things could be different
Your rejection is insistent, bitter, and vociferant 

I’m learning to walk on quicksand
Holding fragments of my heart within my hand
Tearing at the fibers with a vitriol mind
Seeking perfection, I begin to unwind

Ripping me apart
This is my all
Digging my grave
All that I have
Anyone can love
But loving back is everything

Embracing you is passing through a ghost I knew
Limerence for one here too late and gone too soon 
Seeking refuge in a world that time has not withstood
My honeyed heart filled with salt and wormwood

Opaque upon my stage
Transparent in my cage

Plastic flowers in a vase
Fake as the smile you wear upon your face
Declarations disturb the peace I seek
Sickened by the kiss you left on my cheek

Ripping me apart
This is my all
Digging my grave
All that I have
Anyone can love
But loving back is everything

Loving you is reaching for an empty room
Counting pedals on a wilting rose’s waning bloom
Mourning the hope that things could be different
Your rejection is insistent, bitter, and vociferant 

Ripping me apart while you decide if I’m enough 
You’re digging my grave every time you look away
This is my all
All that I have
Anyone can love
It’s loving back that’s everything
It’s loving back that’s everything
Everything