chrysalis

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like a drug
to kill the loneliness
i agreed to be your need

i thought of me
as a knight whose destiny
was to keep you from the dark

they had warned
the worst of medicines
was to have a living clutch

in a whirl
we destroyed our nests
best & only medicine

nobodies
sedating their hearts
betting that it would work

great feeling
in a net of knots
clothed irrelevantly

now since we have said "farewell"
i have seen your body untangle

i have heard your voice clearly
i have seen you glow like never before

all this time
i've seen you through a mask
i knew i'd love what lay behind

now your mask
is see-through more and more
and i'm loving what i see

all this time we thought we were chrysalises
but i know we've just gotten there

when you see the ground from up in the sky
you'll know you're a butterfly

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now the knight is just a boy
a bit less lost, a bit less dangerous

i'm not anymore a fix
i wonder how we could be apart

i'll be sticking round your ankle
lucky charm even if you wrinkle

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from the haven, released September 14, 2018

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