Outside

So perfect to begin
Now in transit, shattered and tired
Resolve is wavering
Adrift and uninspired
You're building up this wall
To hide and shed this skin
I'm terrified of what it's like
To be outside looking in

Engraved and intertwined
The cycle replicating
We're still one step behind
The lights on rooms are vacant
Tearing down the walls
To step into your skin
All at once these eyes are looking in
From the outside

Will the journey set this pace
Expand to fill the space
Before it's all replaced?

I've seen the ebb and flow
Put it all on for show
Before you go

Is this fall worth the climb?
The future seems unkind
And after all this time
And after all this time
The victory bittersweet
And they concede defeat
The cycle, it repeats