i hope you die

in the belly of the cloud

i was released

you were released

was it deafeningly loud?

or was it peace?

sweet peace

all the streets

all filled with sound

because it's right

it's for the best

still i sense

their judgment now

as we ask for rest

just rest

i can't sleep until i see you sleeping

curse my mind and its all-seeing eye

watch the rise

and wonder if you're breathing

against your will

you are alive

i don't recognize the world

that you have made

that we have made

still you fool yourself to ask

if you had stayed

if we had stayed

at the ringing of a bell

or at the falling of a tree

if you think of it at all

remember me

just me

i can't breathe until i see you waking

watching as the scars fall from your eyes

into a world that you may not remember

i hope you die

i hope you die

i hope you die

i hope you die