murder scene

turning a blind eye

won't make the world disappear

the second sight returns

so

too

does the pain and fear

i'll refuse to acknowledge

i'll refuse to accept

reality force-feeding me anguish and regret

you. once so close to me

this once-so-sacred place is now a murder scene

your name? just a soliloquy

dead to me

your presence forever will be exposure therapy

there stand strangers where the world used to be

can't take change or are retinas still not letting me see?

i'll refuse to acknowledge

i'll refuse to accept

reality force-feeding me anguish and regret

you. once so close to me

this once-so-sacred place is now a murder scene

your name? just a soliloquy

dead to me

your presence forever will be exposure therapy

no we"