Cracks of Light

Ocean salt falls between the cracks

Burns before it heals

Numb to the feel

Unfamiliar but it’s nice

Earth shakes the ground breaks

The world is upside down

Don’t look both ways

Maybe it’s just a phase

So many days I’ve lost count

The sun falls with the sky 

Another night to do this right

At least that’s what I tell myself

A truth I’ll never tell

It’s just not worth the fight 

That’s the part that stays in the dark

Can’t hide the broken pieces

When light bleeds through them

Don’t look for patterns tracing these lines

You’ll get lost in what’s yours and mine

Love always,

Lainey

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Follow the Echo

There’s an echo in my dreams

I can’t drown out

Even when it makes no sound

Telling me to wait

That it’s all gonna be okay

Another slate wiped clean after midnight

Why relive each day, each life

Inside such a cluttered mind

Barely making it out alive

Because you do what they tell you to

And the echo gets restless

Escapes my eyes, water into light

I was never a good liar anyways

So here I stand barely holding on

But I’ve never felt so strong

We’ve been kept in the dark

They didn’t know we could close our eyes

To see where the light will lead

To an ocean deep or a cliff high and steep

We start over and let the phoenix rise

Why relive each day, each life

Inside such a cluttered mind 

Barely making it out alive 

Because you do what they tell you to 

Look at me and tell me what you see

And I’ll tell you what you need to know

Fears projected on the walls reflect

Break them down, they don’t serve or protect

Trust that fear will guide us where we need to go

Why relive each day, each life

Inside such a cluttered mind

Barely making it out alive 

Because you do what they tell you to 

Love Always,

Lainey

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