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#11 of 20.

with love,
always.
e.

glass plate negative

flicker around the edges
of the frames we fill
lights in the corners of our eyes
the night could
never kill
run with the silent wildfires
live where your memories live
somewhere a raging river’s trapped
in a glass plate negative
without each other
we disappear

time only holds us for
so long

so long

flutter around the edges
of the songs we sing
signs that remind us
we’re still waiting around
for something

some are the guards
some are sawing the bars
from windows
charging like bolts of lightning
straight into the tornadoes

and more and more
i feel i’m still standing
the tightrope taut
beneath my feet
what’s left without
some small belief

and more and more
the void is expanding
we have to find a balance here
without each other
we disappear

time only holds us
for so long

so long

(from “raised by swans is the name of a man, vol. 2: run with the silent wildfires”. available now. all lyrics and music written and performed by e. howden)