When Tears Fall Flat

I know where you can find a girl

with the power to make time stand still

Up 37 steps and left around the bend

you'll find her with her thoughts at peace

resting alone beneath the open window

The muted breeze keeping her skin clean

and her mind seventeen

She'll be singing along to the faraway songs

of the party next door

She wasn't invited but still she attends

The music drifts on but the clock doesn't speak

She doesn't mind being kept from her sleep

She doesn't understand this power that we hold

the power to make the hours unfold

You'll find her in an empty box

made of leashes and tearful nighttime wishes

in that 2-storeyed coma we used to call home

When you find her there taking refuge in the dark

tell her life will never care which moments she marks

Tell her I miss her when her tears fall flat

and make her promise to stay

forever, just like that

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originally written 30th January 2016