I don’t feel the butterflies anymore

I don’t see the truth and your eyes since the storm

I can’t buy into the lies

when I know

you talk us up

but you’re not willing to grow

I won’t commit to an empty promise

I won’t drown in the lies

or act like I am happy in shallow waters

with superficial eyes

You know my pain

you’ve tasted the bitter sweet truth

of our troubled youth

You chose to take my blistered hands

knowing damn well

that they would never be new

And i chose to bite my tongue

and follow you

The owls fell extinct,

I squashed my wisdom

I knew we would sink

but I jumped in

Why didn’t it hurt you?

Why didn’t it unnerve you?

The sight of broken promises,

shattered glass,

you took us back,

you returned my soul

and I punished my mind

for giving you something so precious

with no toll.