Pain's A Shadow

I know you’ll close your eyes, thinking the blankness will numb the pain. When are you going to learn that pain’s a shadow? I’ll blink away the grey tears, stumbling to somewhere new. When am I going to learn to trust myself? Flowers shrink and cower beneath the stare of dusty skies, once I waited here for you. Ivy wraps around my feet, choices poison every step, I cannot help but remember, you once waited here for me. I know you’ll take your chances, so sure clean air will make you better. When are you going to learn that promises aren’t for breaking? I’ll learn to dance again, forgetting to remember. When am I going to learn forever has an expiry date? Pillars start to crumble, hearts are hiding under stairs, once they used to be so sure that you loved me. I search for shelter amongst bullets, knowing I might freeze without, bleeding, I was once so sure that I loved you.