Ice in My Hands

You used to linger in my room

Like summer light in late June

Now your quieter than before

Like you’re halfway out the door

And I don’t know just when it changed

You feel close, but far away

Like I’m holding onto you

But you’re slipping through

You don’t say it, but I feel it

In the way your fingers move

Getting colder every minute

And I don’t know what to do

Your melting like an ice cube in my hands

Dripping through the spaces where we stand

I try to you, but I can’t

Your gone before I understand

Stay a little, don’t disappear

You were solid just last year

Now your fading out of view

Like there’s nothing I can do

We don’t talk the way we did

Now it’s short words, quiet lips

And I replay the better days

While you slowly drift away

There’s a distance in your eyes

Like you’ve said your last goodbye

But your still standing next to me

That’s the hardest thing to see

I keep reaching, you keep leaving

Even when you’re right here

It’s a slow and silent feeling

Watching you disappear

You’re melting just like an ice cube in my hands

Turning into something I can’t grasp

I try to hold you, but I can’t

You’re gone before I understand

If I held you any tighter

Would you stay or would you break?

Am I losing you to silence

Or just giving you away?

Now your water on the floor

And I don’t know you anymore…