From morning to night I stayed out of sightDidn’t recognize what I’d becomeNo more than alive I’d barely surviveIn a word, overrunWon’t hear a soundFrom my mouthI’ve spent too longOn the inside outMy skin is coldTo the human touchThis bleeding heart’sNot beating muchI murmured a vow of silence and nowI don’t even hear when I think aloudExtinguished by light I turn on the nightWear its darkness with an empty smileI’m creeping back to lifeMy nervous system all awayI’m wearing the inside outLook at him nowHe’s paler somehowBut he’s coming roundHe’s starting to chokeIt’s been so long since he spok