The distance between you and me grew
with all eyes watching.
Outside�
stars colliding�
We were hiding from the inside.
We were hiding from our lies.

Monsters took shape in the dark�
in the emptiness of our smiles.
Insecurities colliding�
We were hiding from our lives.

The ugly girl with pretty eyes,
the quiet boy with burning rage�
just walk-ons in this damn charade.
Yet we somehow broke the madness
when we leaped off the stage.

Drowning in the silence
I leaned in
and trembled from the truth
Dumb and fetal in front of me;
hiding from the world
that bore you broken.

But still I chased a dream deferred
as the distance between you and me grew
with all eyes approving.
And so you ran away�
as I stood hollow
but whole
in the rain of shattered sky.

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