Don't Let Me Go

a story about best friends and a black-lit back room.
Alright, Violet, and all or nothing.
Meeting dark eyes and carrying them for life.
Unmade stars and stripes, and a place deeper than memory.

What it means to be narrowed in, and how a maniac cuts himself loose.
Shoving control, a little denim noose, finding the strength courage takes,
and breaking -
but in the right place.

Pride, and a cry that cuts clean through.

Six Sheets, and all the ways a heart fights and burns and beats.

Fading red marks, feeling the world come apart,
a little past the point of no return,
everything innocent,
and a life sentence.

Walking something sticky off your shoe,
giving until your hands are empty,
and Go.

Just go.

Falling,
and the beautiful, blinding way it makes your only reason to,
glow.