Heavy Graces - Allison Crowe

I’m not better than anyone

And you’re no better than me

So here we stand at the artifice

Face-to-face in symmetry

I laugh when I’m afraid

And I cry when taken by peace

And I shake through new beginnings

And I scream when I release

I want to breathe

But I can’t catch breath

I want to live

But I can’t shake death

And bathe in light

In the darkest of places

Tread lightly

Through these heavy graces

Guilt crawls through my skin

And exits every pore

I exist a floating creature

Of heart and bones, so sore

But you stand firm in faith

For your emptiness of soul

And I’m left here with the shaking

When laughter takes its toll

I want to breathe

But I can’t catch breath

I want to live

But I can’t shake death

And bathe in light

In the darkest of places

Tread lightly

Through these heavy graces

And shadow takes his cover

It’s piercing with his eyes

No moral lesson learned here

No clever compromise

Just feign of retribution

And tears swallowed ill at ease

To wash the scars from inside

This guilt will not appease

I want to breathe

But I can’t catch breath

I want to live

But I can’t shake death

And bathe in light

In the darkest of places

Tread lightly

Through these heavy graces

Tread lightly

Through these heavy graces

Tread lightly

Through these, these heavy graces