you built a ladder and I built a bridge

the heros peeled back the circular motions;
caught only the hearts who knew redemption
pity to waste tear-jerking seconds collapsed within
the hundreds of people eating the dying trees,
and the antlers superglued to your humpback
the love radar shot off laser beams through and
how did you conquer the cloudy eyed messiah?
polishing a sadistic bookcase of action figures
and you caught a splinter in your right eye;
brave has nothing to do with the arrogance
that takes away validation for the shapes of ghosts
so as we strip down your moderate tones
you push and twist through a formulation of numbers
who ever thought I'd end up too old to hold you higher?
and I only dance when you whisper the beat through cardboard microphones
indian spirits burn up my lungs and I spin and spin
a cobweb of murders I left in the corners of your dreams
for once I'm glad you won't be quiet standing behind me
I stopped sleeping and you stopped whispering enchantments.