Winter’s Embrace - The Crack You Never Saw

Alone in the attic
Dust on the framed summer
You said I’d get better
Now I rot in this same sweater
Teeth in my tongue
So I can’t call your name
Carving dates in the drywall
Every year looks the same
Chorus
I am the crack in your favorite glass
A stain on a shirt you threw out last
You promised the dark would pass me by
But it sleeps in my chest
Like veins of winter sky
Curtains stay closed
I know which board will creak
I walk it on purpose
Hope the ceiling finally caves
Neighbors share lives
Through the thin hallway air
Their laughter bleeds under the door
I bleed into the chair
Chorus
I am the crack in your favorite glass
A stain on a shirt you threw out last
You promised the dark would pass me by
But it sleeps in my chest
Like veins of winter sky
Softly you say
“Just breathe
Just breathe”
My lungs fill with gravel
And falling leaves
I reach for your hand
But I find the wall
Your voice turns to static
I hear nothing at all
Chorus
I am the crack in your favorite glass
A stain on a shirt you threw out last
You promised the dark would pass me by
But it sleeps in my chest
Like veins of winter sky
If I vanish tonight
Leave the light on my bed
Let it burn through the mattress
Where my shadow once fed
No letters
No flowers
Just your untouched phone
Buzzing on the counter
In a brighter
Safer home
I am the crack you never saw
The quietest fault in your flawless wall
The snow in my mouth
Never melts
Only dries
I drown on the land
Under winter-colored skies