I breathe in the first glimmers of freedom – it tastes of sweet hopefulness.
ALMA-MAY NOAI breathe in the first glimmers of freedom – it tastes of sweet hopefulness.
ALMA-MAY NOASee the wonder that exists all around you – and know that you belong.
ALMA-MAY NOAI push through the shadows to find you, immerse me in the light of your soul.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd every breath without you is torture, but at least I can finally breathe again.
ALMA-MAY NOAI accepted all of you – except for the vital part, that couldn’t accept all of me.
ALMA-MAY NOAAlthough my heart has broken a thousand times, it has never lost its capacity for love.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd when I lie broken with my face pressed to the earth – I will look to the cloudless sky, and reach out for it once more.
ALMA-MAY NOAHow easy it was to hide from everything; everything except the truth in your eyes.
ALMA-MAY NOAIn the pause between your breaths and the space between your heartbeats, I think I heard forever.
ALMA-MAY NOAYou were consumed in running away from yourself, and I was just another way for you to get lost.
ALMA-MAY NOAMy skin holds echoes of you; in every line, you used to trace and empty space you used to fill.
ALMA-MAY NOAToo many times I’ve reached into shallow wells searching for acceptance, and too many times my bucket has come empty.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd I’m bruised but never broken.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd all I wish is that your happiness would reach beneath the surface of your skin, grow deep roots, and bloom.
ALMA-MAY NOAHealing was not found in mending my brokenness, but in finding peace among the pieces.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd love stopped being love when it began to feel like a trap, instead of freedom.
ALMA-MAY NOA