We Dance

Thousands of souls
Their chorus drowning out the words
As we dance

Reflected in the glow of nothing
On land of blackest pitch
We gaze into each other
Through windows
Barriers hold nothing now
As we dance

How I longed for your demise
How I wished
Prayed
Asked for your absence
Consumed things
Drank things
Anything to be rid of you
But here you are
The shadow in the mirror
The creature I cannot escape
Wanting to dance

Steeped in an instant
Suspended by a grain of sand
You show me things
Pictures I long forgot
People I longed to forget
Places I no longer remember
A wound in time and mind
Stitched by callous lies
Undone by darkest feelings
Which long to dance

The burdens of Atlas upon me
I long to be rid of them
To destroy them
And be consumed in moonlight
Where I will dance

You take my hand
A shadow taking flesh and bone
Clasped firmly
You peer deep inside
And those words
Those empty, hollow words
Disappear

Free me from these things
Give me wings of blackest night
So I can dance
And forget