Cage Made of Hands

I traced your shadow on my floor

So you can't leave without my war

I clipped your wings with whispered strings

Love's not love when it still stings

You breathe too far

You smile too wide

I fold your freedom

Keep it inside

If I can't have your every look

I'll burn the pages you took

Stay in my silence

Don't drift away

I built this cage

From the things you say

Hold you so tight

You forget who you are

Love me or vanish

Like smoke in a jar

I carve my name into your skin

Soft as a prayer, cruel as a sin

Don't ask for space, don't ask for time

Outside the clocks make minutes mine

You blink too long, I feel you fade

So I chain your light to my dark parade

If I can't own your every breath

I'll cradle you close in love's quiet death

Stay in my silence

Don't drift away

I built this cage

From the things you say

Hold you so tight

You forget who you are

Love me or vanish

Like smoke in a jar

This isn't kindness, it's a lock and key

But you're the stone that belongs to me

Don't call it wrong, don't break the spell

I'm just the ghost you love too well

Stay

Stay in my silence

Stay in my hands

Love me, you don't understand