Hope Plus Less

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Hope Plus Less

By Ryan Johnston

Tonight, I learned 

That there is a deep

Beneath the floor 

The one with the rocks 

That they speak of

You said

Hold your breath

Swim, or float your way

Back up to the top

Hold my hand

‘Cause the worlds

Spinning out of control

Like a carousel, inferno

Can you see in the dark?

Can you find your own way out?

It never looks the same

Like it did, walking in with you

With you

Today, I climbed 

This mountain of hurt 

Shaped from your words

They slide from the top of your mind

An avalanche spilling off of your tongue

And they find me down below

Walking around

And they bury me

Until you dig me back out

Those thoughts you speak

Once grew like trees

That light from your eyes

It would filter through the leaves

Causing me to see

The parts of my life

I had reported missing

They were right there in front of me

Can’t you see me in the dark?

Can’t you feel what I’m talking about?

There is this fire burning inside, for you

For you

I fell asleep 

In that day time forest with you

Waking up to myself 

Waking up, and then you were gone

Well, I’m still asleep inside

And I know I’ll open up my eyes

With you laying next to me in my bed

Paint your nails blue while you dream

And I would never leave your side

Sometimes I think 

Something happened to me

There is this trauma, 

There is this injury

And when you leave, 

Next week, and you head up north

You close the door, 

On everything we are

On everything we've been

And every memory, 

Of you and me

I will always remember

Remember, to forget

There is this fire 

Burning my life, 

Without you

Without you