For Shelley (Unheard) - A Lot Like Birds

I remember proudly stepping over glass

That you said could never cut me

If I walked where you walked

Kept my hand in your hand

So I clung onto you

I remember soundly leaping over rocks

That you promised I would never trip on

If I kept my eyes up nothing would surprise us

I always wondered how

You never seemed to fall

You never seemed to be out of place

Whenever we were lost

You’d end up happy there anyway

I remember sleeping on a tile floor

Felt the nurses gently wake me

«Sir, you can come in now she’s

Waiting to see you

I wish that she were well»

There were rocks in your back

There was glass in your hair

You tried to smile but it wasn’t really there

You took my hand in your own, said «This feels like home»

And you begged me to take you there

You never seemed to fall

You never seemed to be out of place

Whenever we were lost

You’d end up happy there anyway

Saw you fading

Couldn’t take it on my own

How I hate it

That a heart so warm

Can end up cold

I remember dreaming that this wasn’t real

That you’d be there as I’m waking

We’d both deny we were scared

You never seemed to fall

You never seemed to be out of place

Whenever we were lost

You’d end up happy there anyway