Silent Bruises

Whispers in the cracks of midnight walls
We sharpen silence like invisible claws
Unspoken venom drips between our sides
Your paper touch cuts deeper than goodbye
I stitch my mouth with threads of glass
Afraid to break the porcelain past
But every look a loaded gun
Love shouldn't feel like holding on

We're orbiting in quiet bruises
Trading scars for hollow uses
No melody in the words we choose
Only echoes of almost and hearts we bruise

You plant apologies like faded moss
On wounds that never asked for gloss
I'm drowning in your sugar smoke
Sweet on the tongue but I still choke

Hoo

I swallowed storms to keep you warm
But my reflection's getting worn
Love's not supposed to taste like rust
Yet here we are, dissolving trust

We're orbiting in quiet bruises
Trading scars for hollow uses
No melody in the words we choose
Only echoes of almost and hearts we bruise

Bruise

Let's call it by the name it fears
A love that feeds on brittle years
I don't want to memorize this ache, but
I can't unwrite the promises we break
So here's to all the things unsaid
The silent bruises turning red
We're lovers trapped in faded hues
Haunted by the love used