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wilt & blossom

by Cartographs

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1.
If I praise the struggle of every day That I spent wishing November to turn into May With every second I contemplate If the rush is making up for my mind's decay This one is for all the souls I carried along with me Relive the past To feel what certainly will come to be Old hearts beat half speed Oh how it made me Repeat what has been done And hope that I will learn A sea of risks to take, and make, regret a parable Foundations chipped away, replaced, with gold of glory days My time is moving way too fast Try to run and make the feeling last The twelve hours that I lost back then Are haunting me again They haunt me again They haunt me again This is forever As far as I can see Nostalgia is not Not what it used to be Is it too late? Never too late Never Though distinctions are far and few This essence keep pulling through Pick up your bones, rebuild anew Since nineteen ninety two
2.
Ever Scaling 05:05
I've covered so much ground Eyes wide and red I've covered so much ground Too much to focus on these precious little things And I curse the building tops For not giving me view enough Clawing paths for the sky Without final ground And this view is not enough I curse the building tops For long, this has been my release To soar, in search of a higher reach Climbing higher, details will Soon expire, but I can't help but hunger for more. So I curse the building tops They’re not keeping me atop Not giving me view enough With the broadest stare Seeking peace by fear You'll know You'll know I'll be remaining here Remaining here
3.
When we carry we go It’s the same reflection That I view from the water down below You we’re stronger, I should know A burden for warm hands to hold Once it was clear The sky fills with drab light Our mothers echoes draw near. As we disappear Again In a dream, we could stay In a dream, we would never return just to leave Soaring and fleeing Like we were told The ways are repeated Like days of old Cut from the same being You held on Cut from the same being Let famine come You flee the sun A cycle undone Nothing is ending As we flew Nothing is ending But the fear in you And amidst the sound Of wings Sweeping past the ground Peace was never mine to be found You were stronger Stronger I should know
4.
Waves that eat, soil and stones Winds that reap, empty homes Save a piece, of a cliff overlooking the deepest sea, like a blade On the precipice, it still stands rotting and worn to bits, coloured by hands of families, that once thrived among plots of irises, so many years have gone Fairest town, but it grew Until vanity was all it knew Made the ocean a foe A sentence of permanent woe Incited the storms A tempest of strife Only brought at ease By a yield of life False aim Tread into the dive Bound by the shame Ignorance be their last goodbye The leap from which families break Less echoes surrounding them For a while They find solace, with the waves Through the red garden gate In the wake of Abandonment, a boy walked the streets Ever reticent, eyes cloudy and white Every day he spend, hearing of terrors that would impend, never the same With the greyest gone, to rest in the depths Without sight or tongue, no savior to be Called upon, away by the people He was torn, as sacrifice Dragged by the hands, Through the remnants of the lands That had flourished before Conceit had brought them war Brought before the precipice An offer with no voice to miss Into the world lost Out from this world clean Into the world lost Out from this world clean Into the world lost Out from this world clean Into the world lost Out from this world clean She rose from where waters they meet the sky Winds turned to knives and tides ran high Form of haze, hair like waves Herald of their kindreds’ graves Placed in his hands, two shells from the shore “With these you shall cover in darkness no more” “Take them as eyes, go where they don’t know” “A child like you have nothing to owe” Gifted from what only ever takes but he didn’t want to view a world build upon mistakes Pointed a finger to his mouth so he was given a voice Plead for the people to change their ways Innocence had made its choice Selfless resolve Selfless resolve Words so softly spoken For ears that wouldn’t hear Soon the waves retreated And the skies went clear And the skies went clear And the skies went clear
5.
If you could envision The striking eyes of people Reflecting pure ambition In their face I saw her A smile hid cautiously She could see through walls, She would see through me It was the same love Graces fed the air It was the same love Carved a place for you here All that was left to spare It was the same It was the same I told you I’d fear no death So convinced that we were destined And that no chance Could have brought us here Disregarding the written words I read Blind by praise, I saw no accept Accept A hope not to find More string than pearls It was the same love Graces fed the air It was the same love Carved a place for you here All that was left to spare It was the same It was the same Called my name to have me felled Tried so carefully to spare me But you felt the ache of a fools last dance It was the same love Graces fed the air It was the same love Carved a place for you Laid bare all of my achievements for no world to see It was the same It was the same to me
6.
In Teal 05:43
She whispered “Climb up the hill” “I lay too ill” Answered her call It was autumn The start of fall Reluctant steps she tread Through mountainside For water she’d been sent From the greater height Instilled by a vow that lead Far off from the riverbed By will of her guardian A task so quotidian Slaved her way up against the incline Guided by hymns of surrounding pine Rust-coloured leaves dancing by her side She found the well in a view so bright In teal Held there in awe And so she saw Some mountains were never meant to be moved at all It was autumn The start of fall The start of her fall
7.
Restless covers Gathered in row Pages are yellowed Words hanging low Purpose of staying We said that we’d know As ashes embrace us And we fail, at all to grow Yearn for affection Undeserving trust Showers of teeth Gilded with rust Dim gazes Passionless love Pick me up Pick me up Sweet unforgiveness Lather my tongue Colour the rivers Doubt will be gone Cures that killed off So many memories Many more Than I bargained for Let’s forget why we left Don't glance at the door You won’t find what you’re looking for Don't glance at the door You won’t find what you’re looking for You won’t find what you’re looking for You won’t find what you’re looking for Looking for So pick me up Pick me up Sweet unforgiveness Lather my tongue Peel apart everything Peel apart everything These cures that killed off Too many memories Many more than I bargained for Bargained for Bargained for Bargained for Bargained for Bargained for Don’t pick me up Not to be found Don’t pick me up Not to be found Now I'm the outlasting victor Thinnest blood And for once, I return With a goal With a goal

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released March 1, 2019

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