I’m tangled up in thoughts, my mind a crowded place,
with weights of work and whispers, a maze I can’t erase.
The walls I’ve built around me, high and close and tight,
are closing in, and I keep searching for a way back to the light.
I felt it when you told me, the honesty you shared—
how you opened up so gently, and I knew you truly cared.
But right now, my heart’s caged in by chains I didn’t choose,
trying to balance what I want with so much more to lose.
I wonder if you’re waiting, or if time will change your mind,
if patience has its limits, if love can still be kind.
There’s freedom in your presence, and warmth in what you give—
a softness I keep reaching for, a reason yet to live.
I think of you in quiet, in pauses through the day,
and wish that I could find the words to keep you here, to stay.
But you deserve more than echoes or promises half-made—
I want to give you all of me, and not just a fleeting shade.
Somewhere past the shadows, I hope that you can see,
that I’m unraveling slowly, I’m learning to be free.
This path may feel uncertain, but hold tight, if you can—
I’m finding who I am again, I’m working out the plan.
If I could press “pause” on this storm inside my head,
if I could leave behind the words I wish I’d said,
maybe I could breathe enough to let your warmth sink through,
to see this path more clearly, and find my way to you.
So bear with me, if you can, through silence and delay,
I’m breaking down these walls, but it won’t happen in a day.
When I find my footing, if your heart is still free,
I’ll take a step forward, and hope you’ll walk with me.
Everlost 