(Key: A minor, Tempo: ~72 BPM, 6/8 time recommended)

[Verse 1]
I scroll through the shadows, your name in the glow,
Hunting for daggers I'm sure you will throw.
A silence too sudden, a wall in my way,
The glitch of a ghost in the wires today.

Each absence a trigger, each void is a blade,
Cutting through trust that we never made.
I brace for the drop, for the cracks to appear,
For proof of the hate that I've always feared.

[Chorus]
It's my fault, it's my shame,
Every wound wears my name.
When I open the door, I choke on the air,
I reach for your hands but find nothing there.

[Verse 2]
The past is a cage with its locks in my skin,
Every betrayal still burns from deeper within.
A hug is a fracture, a crack in the wall,
One inch of reaching, the risk of a fall.

Your kindness a mirror I can't bear to face,
I search for the sinew, the flaw, the disgrace.
If any moment can shatter, then all of them will,
And the voice in my head whispers, better to kill.

[Chorus]
It's my fault, it's my shame,
Every wound wears my name.
When I open the door, I choke on the air,
I reach for your hands but find nothing there.

[Refrain - Bridge]
Love is the curse word that burns every tongue,
A song from the grave that was written too young.
The ghosts in my marrow, the weight in my breath,
Have sung me to sleep with the sound of my death.

[Chorus - repeat & fade]
It's my fault, it's my shame,
Every wound wears my name.
When I open the door, I choke on the air,
I reach for your hands but find nothing there.

From the upcoming collection of poetry, "Black Butterflies"