No way out but in

Shrug it off, darling, the sky ain't falling down just yet. 

Pull yourself together, girl. The worst part's only just approaching now.  

And as the seconds turn to minutes, feeling trapped, there's no way out but in. 

Nothing is lost

 Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost.

- Nicole Krauss

Everything

Most of us don't know what we want but a few of us lucky ones do. Only we refuse to recognize just what it is because we're shameful, doubtful of the truth. If only we knew, it's staring right back at us. So close, we could taste its whisper if we wanted to. Beckoning for us to come a little closer, breathing us in, breathing us out. Consuming us all, entirely. Like a black hole, it pulls us in deeper, obliterating every atom, every molecule that crosses its path. Until all we have turns to nothing, until that turns to ash. Until the ash scatters and bursts into flames, until the combustion creates everything we've ever wanted. Everything we've ever had. 

For a moment there

For a moment there, you had me. You had me going with your wild fantasies, with your if-only's. For a moment there, you'd convinced me. And for a moment there, you lost me.

It's those

It's those who seek the most affection who receive it least.

It's those who seek redemption who are never forgiven.

It's those who seek only the truth who are never told.

It's those who seek only life who are never given.

Dear you

No, I can't offer you beautiful words or charming looks

I can't sway you with flattering talk or ordinary feelings

But within this heart, is all the love one person can muster.

And it's all for you and no one else, 

If that's not enough, then I don't know what is.

'Cause it could be reverse, either way, we'd make it work

If you'd just give me your one last chance

Without life, there is no love

Love is never not on our minds. 

Its function as natural as breathing. Its purpose everlasting.

But we shouldn't consume ourselves with just love.

It's redundant, we've heard it all before. 

We can't forget about life or let love overshadow it anymore

Because without life, there is no love 

This is how

So this is how it feels

When the arteries begin to clot, when the mind begins to rot

This is how it sounds

When the world begins to fade with the moon as it starts to wane

This is how it tastes

As once familiar odors linger in the room, apprehending certain doom

The only thing

We're nothing alike you and I

The only thing we have in common is we're both gonna die

We don't speak the same words

We don't think the same thoughts

But we're all going down the same road,

The only thing we have to say for ourselves now is lost

By any means

It's not as simple as it seems,

Neither complicated by any means.

It's difficult to recognize the error in our ways as we choose to be blinded 

Until our sight all but fades 

Gamble

If it's a gamble so what? No one ever said it wouldn't be a risk.

If it's worth it or not, hell there's a lot more to it than this

False everything

False sympathy, false hope, false beliefs, false idols, false memories.

What do we conjure if not lies? 

If everything proves false, what's the underlying truth of this chaos we call life? 

Bitter pill

What are you so afraid of? 

Just open up wide and swallow the bitter pill of life 

As you're peering outside your window

You'll find the things you've been avoiding all this time

All the wasted nights you had stayed up

Trying to figure out what to do with what's left behind 

Filthy, menacing

They call you filthy,

Notorious for your vulgar talk, known for your wild walk

But to me you're beautiful, despite one hell of a twisted soul

You're in disguise, I know, I can see through the angst in your eyes

If they'd just take a closer look, they'd find compassion buried deep inside

They call you menacing,

But you're just like anyone else, alive and well

Save for differences you don't quite understand

What you are is yin and yang, both the sun and the moon

You've got the cruel world in the palm of your hands

If only you knew, you steal breaths as you enter the room