Riverbed - Pallbearer

I wore away, as years washed by

Like a stone in any riverbed to find

But I am flesh and bone, awaiting peace of mind

I’ve lost myself in thoughts of days behind

Distant memories

Form constellations of despair

Guiding through the state of disrepair

Illuminate

All the hurts that have accrued

Unlock the cage, holding back the truth

I’ll beg to start anew

If it will cauterize the wounds

Damn these rivers of bad blood

And quell the raging of the flood

Worn away, the years crawl by

As arbors wither slow, becoming deserts, dry

Along with flesh and bone, beset on every day

By misery, borne within the mind

Distant silhouettes

Nearly all of them obscured

Exposed to be

The damages incurred

I’ll beg to start anew

If it will cauterize the wounds

Damn these rivers of bad blood

And quell the raging of the flood

Laying down in the riverbed

Counting the words that I’ve never said to you

Their numbers swell so far above my head

Wide-open eyes drink in torrential red

As I drown