Bloody Panorama

Small room, slow breath
Quiet like a warning
Faces flash, then fade
Headlines, no story
I taste the rain before it hits the sill

I live by a keyhole
Thin air, blurred bone
Let the frame swing open
Let the night take it all
Every drop I've bled

Don’t cut me small
I’m wide even when I fall
Holy with a crack, bright with the scar
A faint lighthouse, a stubborn star
If I don’t fit, I won’t pretend
Broken, brilliant
I won’t bend

Neon on the river
Faces in a hurry
You want the melody
Not the bruise or worry
I keep gentle thunder
Humming under silence
I won’t trade the weather
Just to keep your presence

I’ve been shrinking doorways
Soft voice, locked jaw
Let the hinges loosen
I’ll breathe what I saw
Every shade I hid

Don’t cut me small
I’m wide even when I fall
Holy with a crack, bright with the scar
A faint lighthouse, a stubborn star
If I don’t fit, I won’t pretend
Broken, brilliant
I won’t bend

I tried to be a thumbnail
Till my colors turned to glass
I tried to be a whisper
But the ache would never pass
No more small rooms for this breathe
No more quiet for this chest

See the frame break
Hear the lungs wake

Don’t cut me small
I’m wide even when I fall
Holy with a crack, bright with the scar
A faint lighthouse, a stubborn star
If I don’t fit, I won’t pretend
Broken, brilliant
I won’t bend