my love buried its young with

just one question

it broke the spell

i’ve bitten my tongue but

it’s set in motion

i pulled a rope and rang a bell

when you carved your [bad word] into my spine

and then you lowered a light for me to decode them

i dug through miles of tangled earth to say i’d try

in your arms i’m silver air and sleeping pills

but you draw your tripwires with poison quills

the garden awakes

you’re drawing away

i’m drawing my first breath

but roots hold tight like traplines

they carry a lot of weight

don’t save your strength for the end of the dream

all you’ll have left is please don’t leave

please don’t leave