smoke butterfly

Smoke butterfly Dancing at the edge of my lungs You trace scorched paths On the ceiling of my prison I speak to the ashes. As if they could answer. Each breath, a small suicide Another hole in my melting skin I imagine you with gray wings You circle above the ashes Your pirouettes write sentences That I pretend not to decipher Smoke butterfly, you hold me by the throat You curl, you cling, you decorate my remorse You disappear too quickly, but you return stronger. I follow you in your wake, until I reach the edge. Smoke butterfly, tattooed in my veins You promise me peace, you offer me only pain I open the window for you, you refuse to leave You stay in my head, you refuse to die I spit out clouds, I swallow nights I count the burns like I count friends One less each year You, always there when everything goes up in smoke I rap, whispering to the cold windowpane My reflection ages ten years in three months. My eyes are two dripping candles And you keep circling, circling, circling around me You make halos around dead lamps You draw halos around my shame I shoo you away, you come back into my mouth You're the only thing that listens to me when I hit rock bottom (hey) Smoke butterfly, you hold me by the throat You wrap yourself around me, you cling on, you decorate my remorse You disappear too quickly, but you come back stronger. I follow you in your wake, until I reach the edge. Smoke butterfly, tattooed in my veins You promi