i give to you

is my loneliness something of my own design?

a sick invention of my torturous mind?

an excuse to cry all the tears i do, 

in hopes that maybe they'll drown me too.

for a love unrequited 

is a death invited.

i give you my sorrow

because maybe you'll hold it till tomorrow

i give you my lies only so you see what's true

i give you my dreams because maybe they'll haunt you too

my hands shake from the memories of love

the pain best to be left untouched

i give to you my arms

trusting you'll prevent them from further harm

i might even give to you my heart

for i know it is nothing but a quintessential art 

i cannot give to you my mind

for you see, it is the one thing i cannot find

but even in its absence i will find a way to continue 

even when i don't know where i'm off to

even when i've given everything i had left to give 

i will find a way to live

even when i have breathed my last

i will find a way to relive the past

i will mourn those i have forsaken

and forget those i have forgiven 

i will remember when i was unwanted

and when i was the evil they hunted

i will remember when my heart was guarded

and when i swam in waters uncharted 

And when i do finally die

i will not put up a fight

for this is what i've been waiting for my whole life