The Night's Stars

She gets to breathe in

A little bit of heaven

Every time you

Hand her the sunshine

You hold within

I wonder if she

Even remembers

How cold the world

Is without you

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She gets to see you

Walk out a door and

Not have to fear you

Won’t come back

She sees you walk

Away from her

Without really leaving

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She gets to see you

Smile at her and

She gets to melt

From your nearness

Instead of your distance

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I get withered flowers and

Crumpled conversations and

Nightmares disguised

As daydreams

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I get the distant past

And painful present

And silences that suffocate

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You handed her the very stars

In the night sky and

All you ever gave me was

The dark space between them

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She has you and all I have

Is a broken heart that

Still belongs to you

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