Internalize

Take all of it in and just hold it there.
Breathe the smoke of a different cancer.
The flickering candle can never bear,
And illuminate this painful answer.

Breathe the smoke of a different cancer.
The shadows collect behind haunted eyes.
And illuminate this painful answer.
Scars just linger and offer no surprise.

The shadows collect behind haunted eyes.
It darkens each corner of the spirit.
Scars just linger and offer no surprise.
Truth so fragile can never adhere it.

It darkens each corner of the spirit.
The headache rises to its crescendo.
Truth so fragile can never adhere it.
I will hold inside this last memento.

The headache rises to its crescendo.
The flickering candle can never bear.
I will hold inside this last memento,
Take all of it in and just hold it there.