Follow the Smoke

Hush all the sounds that bother your heart;

And close all the doors to put them apart.

From you and your hands that hold mine so tight.

Build up your walls dear, never to fight.

Blades seeking shelter under my rib cage,

Hiding the lions our hearts we silenced in our rage.

Breathe easy darling, don't step too lightly.

Ignorance is bliss but only slightly.

They'll swim, like fish, away to dark oceans under.

Skies where the angels never wake from their slumber.

They will take heed of secrets the fish tell,

they will swim around and around this broken wishing well.

Beast of the night that haunts us with shadows.

Fire betrays our armies, ash silhouettes, across the meadows.

With the same guns, fighting the same threats.

One last call, so place your final bets.

Light has no tongue so it can't explain this.

Follow the smoke to the flames, darkness dances amiss.

Time has no comfort left, no final offer.

Life was so hard and death so much softer.

-LaurenTarabori