One Whisper

Outside the frame
Of the vision I've ignored
I trust my brain
To deceive me evermore

I never let it go
What am I waiting for?

Outside the frame
I've been static for too long
In place of pain
Take this answer and leave the world alone

I never let it go
Maybe I could have fought
The thoughts that kill
And gotten out before

One whisper is all I hear
Seductive piece of fear is all I need to breathe
It shatters the crystal heart
All I'm taught to feel
Exhale and be at peace
Now my body's brought to heel

So follow one last empty threat
With empathy
Hollow be my final breath
Release me, apathy
Empty of mind, present of heart
I'm free from my own guilt
The shell I create, unyielding
Outside the frame

One whisper to break my fall
One whisper to keep my bristled hands grounded here
I'd have taken a return to Earth
Away from her dead stare
One whisper sprout from the glare of her furrowed brow
You can see the roots of her silence
And feel them grasp for air
One whisper, it never let me go