Courage -

She has a heart

That belongs in rooms

For people like me

To stare and look into

Beautiful and real

More real than me

I only wish i had

The lungs to swim that deep

It’s not just one

Moment or phrase

That makes it crumble

I swear i could almost taste it

Just outside of reach

Right in front of me

I’ve built these walls

Higher than i should

But each brick that’s laid

Can be burned like wood

And maybe they should

Right in front of me… right in…

The sadest songs are made like this

A shotgun rifle set to miss

If we bite our tongues and hold our breath

Long eoughwe might taste the rest

A wishful knife kills the fall

And a mouthful of courage will end it all

And sometimes that’s just the way it ends…

Not every story’s sad

Some aren’t even good

Some don’t end at all

But most end like they should