Ash in My Throat

Cracked mirror on the bedroom floor

Last night’s anger in a pile of clothes

Bite my tongue till I taste rust

Every promise turning into smoke

I’ve been swallowing sparks

Like it’ll set me free

But the fire in my chest

Keeps burning holes in me

I got ash in my throat

From the words I never spoke

I keep choking on the hope

That I won’t die alone

Turn the silence into stone

Till it breaks

Till it breaks these bones

Hands shake like a loaded fault line

Clock screams every second I waste

I wear guilt like a second skin

Scratch it raw

But it still won’t fade

I’ve been drinking the dark

Like it can drown the shame

But the shadows on my back

Still spell out my name

Cut the cord

Let it snap

Let it sting

If this rage is a cage

I’ll tear out the hinge

If I burn

If I break

Let the whole world know