Cycles

were we so mistaken
at the beginning of it all
though the bricks were in our hands
we couldn't see the wall

and once that cycle started
we fell into our pace
what started out so slowly
sprinted to a race

time was chased away
the past all that remained
only now as I look back
do I see the surface stained

our hands so wrought in anger
could never feel embrace
apology struck into your eyes
but I didn't deserve the grace

shame became like daytime
it was all that we could see
and as stillness was momentum
there was no place we'd rather be

I refused to face the inevidible
so plain before our eyes
what once held us together
soon severed all our ties

assign the blame to me
a diversion to your guilt
the stone pillars crumbled beneath
of the foundation that we built

we tumbled into silence
and were deafened by the sound
screaming into nothing
as the cycle came around

entrapment laced with consent
we chose to be this way
do we linger in this moment
when it hurts us both to stay

the end marks a new beginning
of a time no longer shared
wandering in our separate directions
to places we never dared