#jerichrome

LIKE A PILE OF ASHES SHE BLEW AWAY SO EASILY WITH WIND SHE WASN’T GROUNDED ANYMORE SUDDENLY SHE BECAME VULNERABLE AND I HAD SIX ARMS WITH SWORDS IN EACH HAND SOMEHOW SHE KNEW SHE BLUDGEONED ME WITH A SHIELD SHE’D BEEN PREPARING SINCE WE STARTED SHE WANTED TO BE LOVED AND I LEARNED TO LOVE HER BUT IN LOVING SOMEONE AS DEEPLY AS I DID I LEARNED TO HURT HER DEEPLY SHE BUILT UP HER FORTRESS AND I MARCHED AROUND THE TRUTH WITH HORNS DESTROYING EVERY LIE THAT HELD IT UP IT WAS NEVER REAL UNTIL I BLEW THAT TRUMPET SOMEHOW SHE KNEW SHE KNEW I HAD BETRAYED HER CONVICTION IN ME I BLEW MY TRUMPET THE EARTH BENEATH OUR RELATIONSHIP SHOOK SHE FLED THE FALLEN CITY TO THE SAFETY OF HER MOTHER’S SWEET AND COMFORTING WORDS I’M SURE SHE KNEW TOO IT’S WOMEN WE MEN UNDERMINE THEIR INTUITION WE MINIMIZE THEIR REACTION TO OUR FOLLY TO UPHOLD A SLIVER OF HOPE THAT MAYBE WE GET OUT UNSCATHED I’M HURTING SHE’S HURTING GLASS SHATTERED ACROSS OUR HOME A PREPACKED BAG I COULDN’T SAY GOODBYE ROME ABLAZE AND SHE FLED WITH WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HER LIKE SHE KNEW IT WAS COMING SO SHE COULD RUN TO THE HILLS TAKE CARE TO WATCH IT BURN TO THE GROUND WITH ME STILL INSIDE