

Sing to Me Lying there alone at nightSing to Me by ~Rushlight
I stare at the wall and pretend I see your face
And I get lost watching your eyes
If I listen close, I can almost hear you
Whispering, your voice like the sound of drifting off to sleep
"stay strong, I'm still here, right beside you"
"forget the problems of today and just sing to me"
In my almost-dream, I hear them laughing
The games, the songs, the simple happiness
I can't find here.
They speak to me of this girl, that toy,
With the kind of gravity only a child can give
And I smile despite the deep-down ache.
Half a world away I think I can hear them on a Saturday morning
The crash and laughter of so


Locked Away deep inside, emotion lifts its head and roars,Locked Away by ~Rushlight
like floodwaters heard through a tunnel
like holding a crying child
feeling the body wracked by sobs, deep down inside
only the remnants of tears as they cool and dry
now swallow hard, like rocking a child to sleep
deep breaths, singing quietly to soothe the thing
it can't always be this way
nothing sleeps forever
the child must wake, to scream from so many nights' phantoms
the animal will roar, kept caged for too long
but for now, keep them deep inside
pushed down to somewhere light can't reach
behind walls not even sound can climb
in a place where words like past and future lose m