WHAT LEAVES US

from TULPA by Stranger Killings

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What Leaves Us

our guns jammed
or we never pulled the triggers
i can’t remember
but it doesn’t matter now
snow falls before the light

we dance in circles
and its circles we leave in the snow
your hands are in mine now
we breath courage into clouds
that smother the light
and leave us where we were meant to be
the snow is ermine that you’ve thrown over your shoulder
fear leaves us in time with our hearts
and struggle runs down our wrists like ribbons
i may have wept once, but not today
the shame that leaves my body mixes with the melt
and you’ve never been more beautiful
cherry blossoms spilling
as you dance in circles in the snow

what leaves us is what frees us
your hands are in mine now
and the snow is ermine that we’ve thrown around our throats
shame runs down our wrists like ribbons
i take your waist in my hands
as both our hearts slow
and you’ve never been more beautiful
dancing circles in the snow

there was pain once
but i can’t remember now
because i know the way to go
your smile puts me on the path to the only light i’ll ever know
we are waltzing down the path to the only light we’ll ever know

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from TULPA, released March 4, 2016

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